Revistered, wath the Past Office as a newspaper, Published by Reigorest for Red Wackly, 1R2 Pentonsile Rood, London N.J. 101-837 6954) and printed by F.l. Litho /T.U.) Lid. /82 Perroptile Rond, London N.J. (01-837 9987) Several hundred workers from Armstrong Patents plants in East Yorkshire went on a one-day strike on Monday in protest at the fight to reinstate Jean Jepson, the convenor who was sacked in January for refusing to sign away a national T&GWU agreement guaranteeing 40 hours' pay during the three-day week;
The workers, led by scab stewards received time off to attend factory meetings at which it was decided to send 20 coachloads to Hull docks, where dockers have been blacking all goods destined for Armstrongs, in support of Jepson's reinstatement.
'he strike leader, Jack Duggleby, made it plain whose side he is on: We bave nothing against our firm," he said. We are trying to belp it. We wint to show the dockers they can't run our affairs.
FALSE ALLEGATION
This visit to the docks followed an containing a large number of Factual estors and totally false allegations concerning Jepson's ability to negotiate for ately wrote a reply to this appeal, answering all the points ruised, and the Ree Wackly 22 March 1974 Page 8 indications are that the dock shop stewards will not be lifting their blacking.
леге в пое и во carposgn us support of Jepson to bring the whole disrepucable affair into the open, by means of leafletting and public meetings. The vas majority of tradesunionits -on implications of the dispote, and it has not been in the interests of the late district officer, Les Upfold, to open up an investigation. From the start of the strug elected under management auspices, the management, in spite of the fact that gle, Upfold has played into the hands of Jepson wardelending the onion's official policy.
MANOEUVRES
Farlier this month, an attempt was made to call a special branch meeting at the union's headquartes in Hulftn hring chatges against Jepson under T&GWU rules. This was thwarted when it was pointed out that such a trial could not be held unless a branch meeting had tinda led such a cours of netia. No such meeting now con bd Meanwhile, the Employment Exchange вик relund to pay Jenson any benefit un tif the end of March, although it will then bo I0 weeks since she was sicked inan together with resolutions of mpport. These sionald be sent to brullyton.
Earls demands of their Working Women's Charter," This Charter, which takes up matters not bocenawy gew with ny bacc has been circulated througbout the London trade union movement not was the basis for a London Trades Council conference on working women, held on Tuesday.
from unions, attended, But the platform fate to provide leadership on how the conforce could he followed up, and discussion contred on individuul uxper ences in the trade union movement, without much perspoctive for action.
When asked what plans the Trades Chairwoman of the Women's Advisory Commitlo, explained that the Council wus nuiny sound up in two peeks time part of the TUC sorganisarion plan-and Tod to til this sip, theaproposals were refred to foliow rougnised trade union Inocudure and take discussion on both before moving lo the vole. Instoud shu Tallroniled through a vote on the resolutien moved by a member of Haringey of an action pecuatittoo, members to be possibly with six alected trom the confeunions (including abortion and nurseries)
ration groups More than 200 women, many delegared Council had for follow-up work, W. Jamos Two resolutions from the floor attempcontradicrory, but Jarnes, from the chair, Name Trailes Commelt If called for the string up placed from vatious district committoos, When chis rosalucion fulled the chairwaman annoupced the meeting was closed, leaving the conference without any policy The alternative resolatjon, which the Chairwoman refased to put to the inesting, called for an ad hoo committee from the conference to begin a London-wide carapaigt on the demands of the Charter, which could draw in cank and file working women as well as women's libeWhen women from the Door cried to continue the discussion to work out a Dolley. The nicrophone was cut oil and the ugtts turned out.
Women everywhere should take this matter up in their union branch, demanding that the Charter should be published to form the basis for a local campaign, In London, we should demand that the conference is recalled, to carry out che urgent husiness of planning a cantuaigo of sction around the Charter Copies of the Charter, and the two resolntions from: L. Smith, 97 Caledonian Ruad, Lendon, N.I.
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