Wul Workers families join the action buses.
GRAHAM background to the Fabricators construction yard in Nigg, near Inver Gordon.
The dispute at Hi-Fab, which makes oil rigs for the North Sea, started on 1l August when management withdrew the cooling snellers. snowers and fret orange juice frem == = ceded because of the heat Wave When the workers management sakes al, management sacked 2000. were then their families lying down in the road to block scab.
BARNETSON explains the dispute at the Highland Easter Ross sent to 1600 of the workforce offering them new contracts and 4½ per cent pay rise.
From the beginning of the dispute it was obnou tha: managemen: wanted TITICETE -e: = = TA TR =esure io keep the yard compeutive ana ensure d viable future, we were faced with a situation which left us no option but to include you in a yard-wide dismissal. 'Now that we have made an appraisal of the and assessed the size of the workforce that the yard can support we are pleased to offer you When the compan! held interviews at the loca job centre, it claimed that 400 of the striking worker had accepted contracts. Police A picket has preventec getting into work On 29 over pickets stopped the bus carrying scabs from enter. ing the gate. A few scabs did try to make it on foot but most of the worker jolnca Ine pickels Only one scab actuall! got through, under heart police escort Manage ment had expected at leas 500 to work The next day picket: again stopped the buse when the drivers refused to cross the picket lines In nearby Siness == manage De: harassment acti The con cool.
Wilson has said that there will be a mass demonstra tion every day unti management agree reinstate the 2000 workers and negotiate a return to work formula.
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1 E A BITTER strike in the north of Scotland is grabb- ing the headlines - with 800 pickets on the line and