Socialist Action1983Socialist Action No. 27, 30 September 1983Prospect
Socialist Action No. 27, 30 September 1983 · p. 14 of the scan · 133 words
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page 14 of the scan
STAY OUT #'aterworkers took on Tories and won WATER VURKERS Neither is the prospect of victory over the Tories in the coming pay rounds a forlorn hope. The results o1 last year's pay round show that despite gradual decline of the level of pay • settlements to 5.5 per cent in the last quarter, most workers received pay settlements consistently above the level of inflaAccording the Labour Research Department's annual review of pay settlements this represents dramatic reversal compared to the pay year for 1981-82 which completed showed that only 8 out of were above the rate of inflation.
But the employers have ShOW tremely resistant to reductions in the working week. It is for this feason that the engineers claim, including The infervenes Northfield Drug Ltd, Bristol Road, Birmingham.
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