Metal Box strike METAL BOX is multinational Couldany with tentacles spreading from Chile and Jamaica to the heart of London's east Hard on the heels of a defeated struggle against redundancies, workforce at the Clapton plant in Hackney. have been forced into dispute.
When 137 workers were moved from shift to day work on 3 May, they lost their shift premium. Management refused compensation al C now trying to drive through changes in manning levels.
The workers responded with sitCOWIl departments for tWO Cays. The meeting Workers members on 12 May voted by a four to WHEN Audrey White, manageress of the Lady Liverpool stood up Lord John store for assistants being sexually harrassed by the area manager, she was sacked.
Audrey is a member of the Transportand Transport General workers union, which tried to negotiate her reinstatement.
Management refused to take her back and ather off. temoted to pav She has stood firm and a picket of 20 or more THE AIRE Valley Yarns strike for union recognition ana agallist VIL' timisation is in its tenth Solidarity stepped up with a packed public meeting in Leeds on 7 May and the decision of the ruling Labour group council to support the strike and visit the picket The police have harMANAGEMENT Employment have stepped up attacks on trade unionists, through the national introduction of the facilities agreement for union lay officials and the lock out unionists at Hackney benefit office.
The Hackney dispute is over the badly overcrowded premises. Local union leaders believe this could have been resolved if management were not determined to prove their 'right to manage.
Management action is an attempt to pick off SLOY Hackney CPSA branch offices has shown militancy in the past over racist ethnic monitoring and gained over premises. It follows similar attempt in Brix(0l. one majority to walk out picket he strike has picket. has been made official by the Transport union and the membership of 250 are out solid.
CHIC Metal Box local trades Ernie Roberts MP, Brian South native Box Send Jim Wills, House, Lane, union members in the side the shop. Thousands of signatures have been collected in the street and many shoppers are now boycotting the store.
On eight pickets were arrested, including a voung who was humiliated in police station by a strip search with the door left open. Still, the picket remains. • Support Transport House ington, Liverpool 3 (Pete Kennedy)
rassed the pickets and . Riasat strikers' tamiles.
Ali, the brother of shop steward Liacuat All was arrested kept in custody Ior five hours without charges being Support is needed for the picket line at the 7pm evening change over Messages and donations: Aire Valley Yarns committee, Dirkhill St, Bradford 7 In solidarity the workers at the local office boycotted work done by imported lavour.
This led to suspensions, strike has spread to DHSS members.
Solidarity is called for the picket between 7.30 and 9.30 am. There a mass pickel every Thursday.
TOMORROR messages: Phil Newby Ken Davieson, Strike Centre, Hackney Trades Club, 96 Dalston Lane, E8 (By a striker) Scottish miners resist closure of Cardowan pit. One of the occupied factories is the British Steel subsidiary Unit Superheaters Swansea. Engineering members have been fighting for three weeks against forced redundancy.
BSC dirty tricks NEWONKERS* SM department is on a war the cupation. Management completely ing of dismissal. A packed meeting on 13 May voted by a big majority to continue the action.
Convenor Pete "Thomas told how manace ment is trying to split the and cash of up to f6000 RANCH through the letterboxes of workers facing forced redundancy.
Management aiso threatens court action over the publication of 'secret' found at the factory which expose the of asbestos and high noise Support flowing in, but the AUEW has still to make the occupation official. Branches of should follow the Cardiff branch in demanding that the strike is made
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