Aberdeen action shows how to fight | Socialist Action 1983

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overwhelming this into nationwide action. TWO WEEKS ago Telex engineers in Aberdeen went on strike as part of the POEU campaign against the privatisation of British Telecom. Six engineers struck and two more were suspended for refusing to carry out colOn Tuesday 11 October a mass meeting of over 300 telephone engineers from North East Scotland adopted an overtime ban, demanded that the union executive should spread The Telex srike proved to be the most effective of the union's selective action yet, when the entire operating in the North Sea were cut off call off the overtime ban.

tee, told us: Telex system operated from Aberdeen collapsed. Some 165,000 customers including oil companies Eventually Telex was put back on the air after the two suspended engineers were reinstated • Unfortunately, last Friday the branch also decided to Bill Loxton, a member of the branch commitThe problem facing us now is sustaining action if there is no national action to back us up. Since Telex is back on the air and the overtime ban has been called off, we are in danger of losing the momentum built up in the members.