THE WATER workers' union leaderships have declared all strike January. An overtime ban was imposed immediately. They are claiming a 15 percent or E13 increase on basic wages back in the top quarter of the manual workers' wages league.
Ed tory overters or jected Tory UVCILUICS 'arbitration' Yet they have agreed to meet the arbitration and conciliation body, ACAS This body is no friend of the workers.
prepared to make sillal CELECSIS bosses, but, as it showed in the ral workers disputes of last year, it fundamentally supports the and Tory policies In this case, the invitalion of ACAS is a Tory ploy. The Water Council offer is four percent. But it has been widely mooted that they had been prepared to offer six per except for Tory neddling Now, through they will try to make the original six per cent offer look like a concession to Monday - to bring them the unions' demand of 15 per cent.
This ruse was made abSO CY OCCE SIC SidLement made by Tom King on his appointment as environment secretary that he would allow negotiated settlement. was the same Tom King Heseltine's deputy, that first put the block on the employers six Rank and file work workers will need all their vigilance to prevent a sell out by the ACAS. Water workers are in a tremendousiv powerful position.
The 29,000 workers in the industry voted by massive four to in favour of strike action. An all-out strike would stop decisive sectors of British industry. Thames waterworkers - will they throw the Tories into the shit?
Rather than conceding the claim, the Tories are reported to be training the army in The solidarity a strike. solidarity the labour movement will be necessary to break SUIC OCCK ESC Tories. This would put the mockers the LOe: electoral prospects and ensure a Labour victory.
The Labour Party has every interest in backing the water workers to the Labour Party polic stands against any form of policy. The demand must go out for ac tive support the