month after the NCB intervened into the Nottinghamshire NUM ballot on the breakaway with the 'carrot' of their pay offer, the empty promises already ringing hollow.
Disattection is show. ing amongst those miners ILUG believing that membership the UDM would guarantee them wage packet of £400 per week.
Not only has the wage increase worked out to paltry £1.90 per week extra some, but also the NCB has begun driving through productivity measures without any negotiation.
They are threatening to travelling payments, which would considerably extend working time underground, Already management are using any excuse to the previous weekend militant shop stewards had won unanimous support for a policy of refusing to work with racist or fascist supervision.
at exactly the same: time the two Lucilan werencia their racist filth, a leaflet left-wing Ford Workers Group was going around the plant calling on tees and union branches to 'follow icad Dagenham PTA stewards telling the company: "We will refuse to work with these evil bastards"
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the leadership the decision NCB to been back some This the all There that NUM turing, of Was The suspension foremen the promist dismissal company tunities believe that. being Policy they were considering Nunes Asial Tribunal on the the knock these atmeans in Notts, indications of the split.
at BlidEurope, was the two plant, instant racist acrevamped opporawareness circulated 'We right, No doubt the possiworkforce average of 10 members a WECK However, •despite the opportunities that opening up for rebuilding the NUM in Notts it would ve woluto urucresumalt still exist Heathfield, NUM General Secretary, speaking at a social for the victimised miners in Rainworth last Friday made this point forcetully.
He emphasised that we siriggle and he called for face that fight. In particular, , he explained the need for militants to avoid taking action which could lead to However while the NUM does indeed face a very serious situation, there are still gains being won. The Rainworth social also celebrated reinstatement of Ken Petney, who had been sacked Blidworth colliery.
that they will refuse to take the racist foremen there.
This is a very real vicagainst racism militant rank and file trade action. As denanted shop steward said: It was just like the old days the mid seventies: the blokes just started walking off the 10b° That's situation Ford has • nol naa lo con tend with for several years ana explains management's panic.
After all, in this year's pay offer they are trying to force through a two year La radical productivity deal sweeping job clarealon. amongst lineworkers and between trades. The last thing they want renewed is workforce with confidence in its ability to fight and win at local level.
cvery. where should use build on our victory.