Assembly (PIA) management.
article, starters were sacked.
Management hoped to weaken any the women after the successful defence of a male starter. This story proves that the union night when they say that the company is trying to hide anti-union victimisation.
The 'A' shift in the PTA plant have already saved the job of a new starter who was being harassed by his foreman. Under the threat of inaction, management gave in at the appeal Their action has proved to all the starters the value of the This is especially mportant since manage ment has tried to exclude union-minded from the new jobs. Their victory leaves this shift in a strong position to resist any other attacks management might be planning, such speed-ups. 'B' shift can make the same gains by defending. the job of woman whose appeal will be heard on Thursday 7 The shop stewards committee i Monday April decided to hold EIGHT local MPs have put out a statement in support of TGWU branch 1/1107 which is resisting the victimisation of new workers in the Paint, Trim and plant at Dagenham by Ford Following a story planted in the scab-produced Sun by Ford management on Monday 7 April, support has come from other trade union branches. The which is headlined 'Ford Fire Two Red Women', says that two women among the new For fifteen years Fords resisted giving equal pay to its women machinists and refused to employ women on the production line.
When it took on new workers at the start of the year, Ford said it would emplov women a well as men. In fact it took on only li women out 01 350 new starters.
Black, including Asian, applicants also suffered clear discrimination.
The company claims that in eight of the starters are mom an elanic minority. The union comments that in that case: 'our eyes must be deceiving us Even if this figure is true, it bears no relation either to the present make-up of the workforce or the composition of the 7,000 who applied for the jobs. Many people have been saying it privately and we will say it in public. we believe the company's recruitment has been racist.
With these forms of discrimination management try to sow divisions among the workforce. By supporting those who are discriminated against, the union branch is defending sheren members, women men, black and white. All those who were turned down for these jobs should consider taking their cases to the Equal Opportupitie Commission or the Rack Relations Board nt gate no reason for ment gave no reason the sacking of the first woman. At her final ap peal they said that they were sacking her because ot bad references. But ther refused to read out the references. She previously worked for British Telecom. The National Communications should demand to kno what British Telecom tol Ford management abor her union activity.
All unionis should be aware of the wa that Ford are trying to u new starters to weaken th because oth Manate marle their example The issu these sack ass serious that labou movement bodies shoul give support to the union campaign. Our readers ar asked to raise it whereve they can.
WE the undersigne condemn the recen sackings in the Paint Trim Assembl plant in Dagenham Ford management.
These dismissals designed weed union-minded the recruits. We note that originally that the first woman ed had bad references br now they are using the ape to forms.
COLIN onl took on eleven wome thirty new starters in 1 among two hundred PTA plant, and also onl took on small numbers o black and Asian worker titudes are combined Under recent gove ment legislation a work the or she started shed can be dismissed fro job up to two years recourse to an indust tribunal, so new entr can be protected only their union We will give our support to the union the workforce in what action they see fit to tak (Barking)
BRIAN SEDGEMORE MP (Hackney South: Shoreditch)
HARRY COHEN MP (Leyton)
TONY BANKS MP (Newham NW)
IAN MIKARDO MP CHRIS SMITH M (Islington South)
ERIC DEAKINS MP (Walthamstow)