AUEW, Henderson of the sheetmetal workers Barker of the TWU. For marginal increases in pa were to nave ten and per cent rest allowances time, and one hour extra to work on the night shift.
This 'deal' unbelievable had mandated the works committee to defend twelve per ICCHIL allowances we d "sacrosanct" and argued that our forty per cent increase in productivity over the last two years nad more than paid for the But for the works committee to try to sell this to Fury of the BL workers after the back to work vote us as a victory over Edwardes was just too much workers particular were angered to a point of fury and disgust.
Virtually all the shop rejection of the deal which the works committee had not even had the guts lo take to a stewards meeting before the hastily convened mass meeting last Friday jack Adams, the convenor, the works commitTecials, all made speeches and union recommendation for acCOLELEG DOCCEELES theconservatism the older and non-track workers.
The recommendation was carried by just forty odd votes from a mass meeting of 1,500 people. There was uproar after the vote. This was followed on Monday morning by three hour dispute over those who had scabbed during the strike The joint shop stewards and more than seven hundred workers Have COvE y1330l1 hever hip theres will never forget. The now on to build a new leadership in the plant from stewards who wanted to fight on and who realise that Edwardes can fight need to be carried through 1o ine and the local and national union leaderhsips. The TGWU Left region five should lead this tight.
When Jack Adams claims that militant action is not enough, we will rep ly that it should be linked to socialist solutions to the Tory crisis and to the fight to build a campaigning Stewas movement That's the way to harness the strength of the working class to Edwardes once and for all.