By Joe Reddick on behalf of Famous Names strike committee OUR BATTLE for a decent increase in wages weeK strike action taken the Guidally Famous Names Confectionary Greenbank, Bristol.
A claim put forward to the company by the union, which takes into account that eight per cent of the workforce is that they wowell. on the lowest grade and the lowest pay is for £10 across the board. members of Famous Names to all the people and all organisations supporting our struggle which is not a lone one fact •{01 recognition of workers' need for fair wages, better standards of living and for a shorter working week.
This is tiona worldwide fight.
We on the stewards committee are prepared discuss and exchange alla build solidarity commitee Transport House, Victoria JUDITH ARKWRIGHT spoke lo one Of le women strikers at Famous Names on the picket line. JEAN cent or ine women work at the factory are on grade two jobs the lowest grades paying take home rate of £45 per week.
The demonstration forced the Kigass management to cancel the normal Saturday morning shift, and the strike forced the firm to pull out of gas exhibition because lack of orders. AVEW off the rally that official the they were going to step up the action in support of the Kigass strikers ano demonstrations will be arranged' Mass pickets every Saturday at 5.30am at Warwick factory ana 7am at the Leamington factory. Donations and messages of support to Standford St Helens Rd, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
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The grading system was introduced at the sam time as the equal pay law order to avoid paying the women equal pay.
The demand the strikers men and women - is for f10.
She went on to say that the women's jobs were extremely hard: 'We work the hardest and we should be The men simply wouldn't do our TOUS. Here the men on the picket line agreed vociferous/y.
'In our job we have to ask lo go lo ine louer ana now they want to cut the time for our tea break like the slave trade. They keep saying it's only meant be for pin money anyway but we don't work for pin money - I've got six to look after.
'Her husband and my son work as fitters they've accepted the offer and they're working inside - they support us though.
"The Convertur woman and just this strike new stewards were elected ine ola were win management too much.' ON Bowling them out on the Famous Names picket line THE National Society given its third reading this week means to mobilise the movement At a conference called Humberside regional une rebon ami-wade union legistation.
against the Bill.
of Metal Mechanics' conrerence last weekend called tor the TUC to organise a 24-hour general strike to fight the Tebbit Bill bein The resolution came from the union's youth con. ference hold earlier in the year and was critical of the TUC's 'half-hearted' campaign. It saw the strike as 'a by the Yorkshire and in Sheffield Arthur Scargill, president of the miners' union declared that 'extra-parliamentary action' was necessary to defeat A collection of £1,808 was taken to finance the TUC's campaign
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