Britains' picket stays firm LAST WEEK strikers were arrested on the picket line at Britains' Toys in East London.
ment which is inspired by this action of low paid workers for a shorter working week with no loss of income.
and the Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement — a campaign set up to promote the interests of Black trade unionists — issued an appeal last week for support. 'WE THE Black Unionists Solidarity Movement fully support the workers from Britains' Ltd, in their demand for reduction in hours better pay and conditions.
We asking the TGWU to step up the supcables for Project Mercury — Michael Edwardes private alternative to the Telecom system.
alongside railway lines in a massive figure-of-eight linking England's major cities.
It hopes to use this network to cream off profitable big business revenue, which conBT's 1982-83 profits of £365m.
But if such investment by Mercury currently underway, RT's 134,000 engineers should make it one of the most expensive white elephants in history.
Meeting Wembley on 18 September, the Post Office Engineering Union will discuss plans to escalate industrial action Mercury.
For weeks the POEU has been involved action after engineers refused to connect Mercury. This action has been extended to attack Mercury s oig business Dackers resulting in the boycott of key Barclays Bank, Cable ana Wireless British Petroleum lines across Central London In a resolution to this year's TUC POEU calls for the setting up of a The majority of the strikers are of Asian origin port for the pickets at Briasking other 1A11S unions to support LIC SUrIKeS.
Two hundred TGWU members have been on official Britains' ua•, (loy manuacturers) of Blackhorse Lane, In a deal worth millions, Mercury will run cables joint nationalised industry and public sector commit. tee to coordinațe a trade campaign and future industrial action.
Coordinated action involving all the industries hit by privatisation would greatly Sureratien our hand in defeating the Walthamstow, London E17. The majority of the workforce Black workers who are of Asian origin.
They been. on strike since 29 July, 1983.
seeking a reduction in their working week. factory they have to work av Hours a week and 46¾ hours per week. Women The firm's to male workers get f2.01½p an hour for a 50 hour week while women workers get £1.70 an hour for a 39 hour week.
A bonus system offering an extra 42½p is also operated but it is conditional each worker achieving a pre-set production target.
Failure to achieve 75 target result sack after three warnings.' For further information Bernie Grant House, Black Prince Road, London SEI • Donations and picket support contact: Britains' shop steward's committee, 205 Fore St, London N18. Greenings' workers win after 23 weeks on strike
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want more action THIS MONTH, British Rail plan to start laying
OFFICIAL But support is flooding in from the labour move-