into the Gwynedd The workers, equipment and attempted to withdraw the agreement. Their strike is official.
miners. Their work IS roofing slate. IONA support was all about.
FIFTY-three men at three quarries Blaenan Ffestiniog came OUl strike in August 1985. The dispute started Frestiniog Slate Cominny the Mr WIICH Williams, introduced new machinery bonus scheme which effectively meant that although were producing up to 200 slates more were £28.50 worse off at the end of the week.
Slate workers began a work to rule and were soon MORNING joined by others from two other more quarries run by the same The directors of Cwt-y-Bugail Ouarrv threatened to lay off the men unless they AR worked normally. When they refused they were locked out Levels of hardship vary from family to family. toy appeal for Xmas, organised by the women's support group for the strike, was a great success.
Our strike is part of the across the country There across the country.
bad unemployment situation in this area. owners are trying to take advantage of this to impose wage cuts.
They have tried to employ people who are out work break the strike. But so far they have failed.
be said, however, that nine out of original NORTH WALES slate quarry workers are now well sixth month of their dispute with the members, struck, refusing to accept a cut in bonus payment, when management introduced computerised cutting bonus Slate quarriers face similar conditions as coal hazardous by the tions. The North Wales workers mine high quality PRICE, secretary of the group told JAN have returned. But the 44 still out are firm.
The important issue stake IS OVCI sacked men. The owners issued letter of dismissal to September. The others are refusing to gọ back until the 18 are reinstated and until ot payments are sorted out. employers have will consider, at taking Iner them back individually but will not deal with the collectively or on the initiative of the union The women's support group held its first meeting in mid-September. one or two of our members have group, but most of the group had never been involved in this way before.
A new layer of people have been drawn into struggle — and the inspiration came TONI involvement in Quarrymen in other parts of North Wales, branches of the Labour Party and Plaid Cymru, as well as many trade union branches are actively supporting OUI • The women's support appealing donations. Money and let ters of support to, and ther informanion lona Price, 7 Uncorn Ter*jestiniog, strikers ' Gwynedd; Wales: Unlikely The NUT executive's version of an exodus from the NAS-UWT the Nut is not only unlikely but would come too late to stop the sell-out they correctly warn against. Now the NUT is committed to the joint meetings action Will NAS UWT and NATHE carole Regan Dullet the enemy here oul, government not Fred Smithies general secretary the NAS UWT although Smithies obviously needs firmly bringing with the mood of his membership With Conference time allowing just three and a
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possibility of explosions and of landslides, and they are liable to lung complaints caused by dusty condi-
WHITEHEAD, herself a member of the Deeside miners support group (personal capacity), what it