Keir from its Birmingham Longbridge plant.
Keir is also a branch delegate Io the General management Committee of Ladywood Constituency Labour Party and Birmingham Trades Council The formal charge brought by the company was that when Keir started work at the factory three vears ago ne nau gIven d false reference. The real Too orus sackle war shown by the fact that a month before the company suspended Keir and only backed off from his dismissal for fear of industrial action.
This time the management was better prepared. Keir was moved from his section a week earlier and only then did management issue the dismissal notice.
The sacking took place convenor Jack Adams and official John Barker TGWU appeals agallisi the dismissal were turned down by the malaccucul on November November. The company refusals were met with notice of official union action.
However the final resolution taken the Joint Shop Stewards' Committee proposed only opposition victimisations in general and failed to suggest a specific action to the sacking of in reDIV Grant Keir. possed by a snority of the This position was stewards committee pointed out that a general poston oppositiol victimisations had to be fighting against the actually Lake blake A failure to defend one shop steward would only make further victimisations more likely.
In line with that an ammendment was proposed to the committee resolution to reconvene the Joint Stewards' the following day working time. This was ветелтес Dy roughly votes to 15.
It appears that after Levland management had shifted its attention for a peroa lo cowicy It is now turning back again Longbridge. The general feeling the stewards meeling was tilat tnis Is on the first attack, more are on the wav STOP
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ON WEDNESDAY 3 November British Leyland management sacked TGWU shop steward Grant