been of struggle against unjust laws. The present NGA dispute of that continuing history.
WHo Is BOl aware of the lessons of that history, that we mus stand up to unjust laws, is doing both themselves and the entire movement a grave disservice. UNION negotiators from the Confederation pay offer.
tices.
With some small concessions — like talks over the timing of this so called 'survival plan the backdating of the pay deal November negotiators BS blackmail Tael about national leading to yard closures Yard closures massive redundancies already planned by Bs and the deal signed last week Knocks nume notes shop floor organisation and unity needed to fight of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions have sold out the 60,000 shipyard workers who voted in their vast majority to strike against the British Shipbuilders' In November, mass meetings of workers rejected This isn't the first time that national union leaders have fallen this cessions to British Shipbullders to save our in dustry'.
The 1979 Blackpool agreement accepted of labour anc voluntary redundancies.
Yards without work were placed 'care maintenance' basis have never reonened the last six workforce has been slashed from 90,000 to 56,000 As with all practised blackmailers, BS manage ment are coming back fol more the leaders are running scared Stewards But their members will not let things rest there shop stewards in the Na. tional Combine Committee are incensed by the sell out and will be reporting back to mass meetings in Like Sid Weighell, the Weeks deposed rail leader, the sell out merchants of the Con fed won't hear the last of this.
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the 2 per cent BS offer which was tied up with redun- dancies, privatisation and changes in working prac-
years the