Jaguar workers score victory | Socialist Action 1983

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WORKERS AT Jaguar cars in Coventry have scored a lightning victory over the company. Just three days of strike action by the workforce at the Browns Lane plant forced management to back down on their planned speed-up.

productivity offered by the new car?

A large investment in engineering, design, technologies has greatly increasea productivity already. This was not resisted by the workers.

was bitterly resisted is management's alet to cese work. rates by launching unrestrained Luc study exercise on the new car.

clearly aiming to dice their une favour, management reJukeu lo dow worker o have the shop stewards time studies. The management had declared that they were reap the full benefits of improved However, this is in recent weeks it had become clear that wanted impose new times which could give them thousands extra cars each year. This would much sent workforce. Moreover such speed-up would have wiped out job opportunities for thousands for years come.

Since the summer, shop stewards represenung assembly line workers had tried repeatedly to get agreements with manageLulWOrK taken off the On Thursday ber on tine 2 similar number stopped work in support. Assembly shop stewards called a mass meeting of all 700 workers on lines 1 and stewatos recommended a return to work allow meeting with management take place. This was overwnelmingly rejected workers decided recall the mass meeting on Friday morning.

The recalled meeting heard that workers on line 3 had also stopWOK. remained audilialll meeting voted with seven against to reconvene next Thursday. Within hours of the deciworkers assembly lines, as well as sections, join the disputé and walkBut by the weekend the ed to weaken. On Monday they caved in. The lightening strike had taken them completely by Sul Disc They undertook to give a written undertaking ceeding to the workers' demands.

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FOR The second annual 'Alliance for Socialism' weekend of debate, discussion, and agitation sponsored by Socialist Action. AN * Which way for the left? *Which way for women in the Labour Party? * Defending the black communities