in The RIDDLE OPTUR SPHINGTER 6 pockmarked throughout by puns, Wonderful half-hidden inJokes and a sense df the urban absurd E2.95 city Limits lobby ON 7 DECEMBER 15000 NALGO members went on strike and attempted to lobby their employers in support of the residential social workers claim for parity with other local government workers. right to lobby the negotiations was denied by a massive police presence. workers were arrested, Horseferry Road magistrates court on 4 January MONICA HURST and DAVE DRAYCOTT from Newham NALGO Socialist Action.
The strike was called to coincide with the meeting with the national local authority employers.
After years the employers still refuse negotiate on the claim.
The aim of the demonstration was to influence the employers with a show of strength, but NALGO nationally immediately backed down when the police banned the lobby from Belgravia Square on the grounds that there was no TOON for such large gathering.
With Ovel 1500 members on all out strike severa branches WelC determined the lobby should take place. In the A PIECE (DON'T YOU THINK h THAT NORMAN TEBBIT ¡ IS DOING A GREAT JOB IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO REFORM THE UNIONS? I Their Presidential social will appear at explained what happened to absence of strong national stewarding, local stewards were arrested and rank and file members bundled back into the march.
The next stage of the dispute is a ballot being conducted among residensocial workers for escalation of the dispute into 'social hours' only -9am to 5pm residential workers. much of the work residential homes done in the early morning evening, it would amount to a virtual all-out strike.
The NALGO leadership must be forced to respond by a campaign for further escalation to an allTHE ACTION REFORM? I THOUGHT h THE IDEA WAS TO DEMOLISH THE TRADE UNION S MOVEMENT....^ OHNO! I'M SURE
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