ACTION ended to continue the strike.
But the contrast between the determination of the membership weak will of the leadership starkly revealed the fact that this strike had been led by the members from day one dragging along the executive and Golding kicking and screaming In LIC end we were sola ou by a general secretary desperate to get us back to work on conditions not dissimilar to those whic triggered the action Although BT manageI cult climbed down in their insistence that no pay offer would without agreement to alterations attendance patterns, promotions procedures, and direct recruitment the Golding leadership recommended acceptance of a deal which still included many strings These include flexibility and the threat OTTAR ob losses by BT manage ment. The om a two year deal had originally been proposed BT. The argument of Goldings SU DUILEN was that 'we would be out unti Christmas for just another quarter of a per cent'. But n reality the company ha never anitcipated the solidity and unanimity of The background to the dispute is a privatised company attempting to lay the basis for an assault on the jobs and conditions of a workforce they believe untake strike action This ataccepted by WAN Gress forward his project press forward project of swapping jobs for conditions and pay.
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