Registered with the Port Offer as a newspaper, Published by Repocrest for Red Weekty, 182 Petonville Road, Lovdon N. 1. (01-837 6954) and printed by F1. Latko, 182 Pentonelle Road, London N.I. (01-837 9987) mittee and an enquiry by Avon County Council. In this way they would buy time in which to question Benn's figures, and the effects of closure on the local community.
At the same time he talked about taking industrial action on the RB211 and Popsus enpines, also produced af Rolls Royce, as another way of pulling pressure on the Government.
The mass of workers are heginming to realise that their jobs connot be saved by appealing to the patriotiom of the Government to save the supersonic Only a commitment by the Liaison Committee to take any acton necessin focussing on the demand that the Govemment carries out its promise to nationalise the aircraft industry -and an understanding of the need to involve the whole workforce and the rest of the the workers confidence in their ability to save these jobs by their own sitions. ITT Maclarens in Glasgow, it appeared that the Shop Stewards Com mittee has accepted the management's demand for 50% rodundancies.
Only 60 workers started work again on Monday, and this is to bu increased to 130 over the next four weeks The maximum number to b taken back B0, out of a workforce which was 325 last December, before the 19 week strike and ocupation.
These figures are still being negotiated. hut by a Shop Stewards Committee on Red Weekly, 97 Caledonian Road, N.l. fter Saturday's mass meeting at wich four members are socking volu ary redundancy. A diand that they h replaced was not accepted by a mass meeting, on the Coramittee is also allowine some workors to go back to work while jobs are still in jeopardy. against the management when attempts ta more out during the negotiations (eu Red Weekly 487.
John Morrison, planned an extension of the blacking campaign, and an emergency meeting of the ITT Combine Committee. But AUFW District Secretary, Ales Ferry, alved no pacipilate acbon, and un fortunately the Shup Stewards Committer accepted his advice. They men conesded in fice of the managerent's relusal to saw une mansaus whom they Canned was respoosible for the incident. as a warning. Thu sitting up of the ITT Combine Comnittes, the offer of sap purt to the minuts, and the telegrams of solidarity lo the Dundee Timor strikers, were all initiatives taken by thu workers thenshes. The District Soccutary only agreod to an entension of the struggle in faer of management intransigenco.
The playing down of the Maclaren's dispute, Scanton's letter lo the Timex workins, telling work-actions like these will incruas as • result of the 'social contract between trade union leadership and the Labour Governnient. The alternative was shown by the Marlaruns workers: no let up in the fight, urganise independently, and exbond the struggle.
It is a trapody that, faced by tho manaparis of the management, the complic ity of the ALEW tendership allowed this Mruggle, successful as It was on the wages front, to suffer such a disastrnus set-back at the last minute.
sicwards advice.
The stewands gained a potential lever compotents In response to Dis the Convenor, bocuuse of their strike action.
The suttlement at Maclaneris must serve industry TWO Dock En industry, crisis are unmistakable.
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