The strike at Armstrong Patents in Beverley near Hull, which began in January over the sacking of the Tactory convenor Jean Jepson, received un important boost last week The T&GWU's Regonal Committee met in Hull on Wednesday and decided by a 12-3 majority to sapport the demand that Jean Jepeon be reinstated. This is a significant step forward in the struggle and in the campaign to make the dispute official.
The following day 60 militants artended a public meeting sponsored by the Armstrong strike committee und full IMG, and addressed by Jean Jepson and Tang Ab It was unanimously decided to form an Anto TReece Committee, to cigil Forkrhire. both locally and nationally for the resacked for refosing to sign away a 40. Armstrong workers who have been fired The meeting of the union's Regional Committee was prompted by the action of 800 Armstrong workers, led by scab shop stewards, who appeded to Hun dockers to life beir blacking on Armstrong material. Despite peessure from the TA GWU and a local press campaign, the dockers have remained firm-and called on car workers to institute blacking of Arme songs, who have a virtual monopoly of the supply of shock absorbers to the car The campaign to force the T&GWU to make the dispute official must be laken up by all trade unionists as a matier of urgency. The blacking of all Armstrong components must be extended through , oar the country, and it is especialiy crucial that this he taken up in the car Wbon has boured for a month now, and hat brought forth two neutered mice in