Only last Friday it was announced that the Mail's journalistic compositing ed, with with the workers the Mail and othe The hammer unions national press.
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possible government tomorrow.
The have setback with the result of the SOGAT ballot for the 58p levy. All the areas which LaVC all caly imposed a IN RESPONSE to an invitation supporters visited ACCI But I never had any real contact. They were kind of in now. she saw the conCOLlevy voted in favour. The clerical branch voted 2500 HOTO whole against by 51.187 to Brenda the ballot not about ment LaaL oucomme showed the dispute ship. leadership has its feet fact it until the in the ficially the - for jobs recognition.
leadership has cerned law. On considering discipline WILd at Fortress Wu Wond legal against at the and Ron Heathfield, WAM supporters went to Chesterfield in November as guests of the Derbyshire Women's Action Group. Last month, a coach load of WAM Aylesham in Kent, way of keeping our women DUWI 'As a local group, we can't and their supporters will be ookme to suen leader. to spell out a strategy to taking WIll HOL disciplinery action against sacked printers but by basorder solidarity.
the the TUC general council whose failed to inin support une sacked printers.
the active the picket and levy of COLLIOT Dean, how the the national mobilised, of legal consli allELs Lang Itanother for the We repeat they've Kay that Women Pit Ciosures La stron he NUN SUDOULI leadership, what them.
said it can done' throughout the special being speakers Their activity already and Derbyshire community continued from back page massive assault on wages and conditions.
Ultimately at stake is the 37½-hour week, campaign of national in1978, associated 9-day fortnight and 14-day three cance.
the ers, Their arsenal will be . Lo Ocal The will need L0 sulle.
meetings pickets, WIND, ICE and snow have not been the only problems affecting London's public transport system. Drivers at Waterloo station staged a 24-hour strike on Tuesday while their colleagues at King's Cross withdrew goodwill MonThe drivers are fighting implementation of new rosters as consequence Rail's imposition of more driver-only trains.
On the underground at 24-hour strike of NUR members planned for last Wednesday was called off* at the eleventh hour by the £10,000 publication fund.
schedule.
single area what they plan to organise.
our fund.
The lesson of the miners' and printworkers strikes is that our fight will be immeasurably strength. ened if the families are fully involved.
Every single unionist has a stake in this defeat would be a blow for the entire movement. But a victory can he the signal for united fightback.
union's national execulive. management's agreement lo mezoualc Up til then, management had been inten unilaterally imposing their policy cuts in working conditions reduction of staff.
They adopted this • policy following the Tory government's removal of control of London Transport from the GLC.
What the negotiations will bring remains to be seen. Industrial action still possible following an 82 per cent vote in favour by the NUR's 12,000 members on London Transport.
London buses FIGHTING back alongside underground workers is the best way to defend jobs on London buses.
Confidential documents prepared London Buses Ltd (LBL) have A day's wages for Socialist Action IN NOVEMBER last year, we launched a This quarter we have to raise some f6000 above our regular income to maintain our current publication So we still need to raise the full £10,000 fund. This means raising the outstanding £8500. Such a project needs special measures from all our supporters. Real resources allocated to achieving our • Every area where we have supporters needs to consider organising some collective fund raising initiative. The sort of thing that readers up and down the country are considering includes dinner dances, socials, raffles, jumble sales, and special issue badges. We need to hear urgently from every But we are making an additional request. We re asking supporters to donate a day's wages t supporters value our newspaper's regular publication and will make the financial sacrifices that are involved in donating a day's wages and ensuring we meet our fund in full. That will mean Socialist Action keeps coming out. Engineers picket telephone depot in Harlsden, North West London That's we must stand alongside other workers in struggle, like the printers January And that's why NCU members will appeal to the entire labour movement to mobilise in our support -financial, moral, on our picket lines.
A massive boost to our revealed the company's plans to sack 1569 conductors and 1490 drivers over the next 15 months.
One of the documents states that the judicious 'selection of routes (for tendering) in areas associated with vulnerable garages gives LBL management leverage with the unions to improve its com venuve boston andell loses routes, the best op portunity to cross over cost reduction thresholds in the area in question.' Despite the jargon the message is plain a conspiracy bv LRT and. I.BI management against bus. WULKCIS.
Caterpillar WORKERS at the Caterpillar near occupied the plant follow American company's decision to close The breakdown of sales of our raffle tickets was:
Aberdeen Bristol Birminghan Dundee Glasgow • Huddersfield Leeds eamingtor Liverpool Newport E London NW London SE ondor N London OW London SW London struggle would be for the leadership announcing that BT be renationalised, new competitor Mercur nationalised, without compensation should the win the And that they will then honour our claim in full In a word, the NCU must win!
the works with the loss of 1221 jobs.
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