Senior Colman | Socialist Action 1983

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Harper impact willin delegates to the agreed to engineers are redoubling their efforts to mobilise strikers at Senior Colman. The strikers, who have all been sacked, have been out since January in defence organisation.

A major CPSA elections CIVIL servants battling against the Tory government for a 35 hour week and a £15 pay rise have elected a executive in ballot results due to be announced this week.

Broad left candidate, demonstration and rally has been called Dy the local distric of the CSEU for 4 July A support group for the strike has been established, and its first street collection last weekend raised ELUU.

The strikers received a majoi and Militant supporter, John MacReadie has been elected the union's ecretary. He polle 22,399 votes to 16,52 for the right-wing candidate Barry Ainsworth and 11,584 for the CP-backed Broad left '84 candidate, Veronica boost with the news that Manchester direct works unions have told the city's architect to kick into touch plans to employ Senior Colman air distribution equipment in 41 buildings being planned. The order was worth f¼ million.

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MacReadie was the target of a press witchhunt when he won the last year's election for general secretary Allegations of ballot "irregularities" forced a re-run in which John Ellis, the current genera secretary topped the poll.