ROTHERHAM We've won!' | Socialist Action 1983

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AFTER four weeks on Rotherham craft. workers have won against British Steel redundancies enforced patterns.

Rotherham BSC crafts convenor, BERNARD CONNOLLY explains.

We've won. The attempt BSC to inEdwardes style 'decree' has been defeated.

There will be no compulsory redundancies anu all apprentices coming out of their time this year wil be guaranteed jobs. There will be no new shift patterns. Work We're resuming work the JALI basis before. Management has conceded that the so-called Survival Plan be subject to established negotiating proccuures, with no time factors or deadlines imposed.

After ensuring that no-one who has backed red as a news our fight was being subtion, we recommended a return to work. our objectives having been achieved.

This is a victory for the whole movement. weve successfully defended our right to negotiate over jobs and conditions, as opposed accepting management by dictatorship. stake at Cowley at Fords, not just at BSC. Success The lesson of our suethat unity is strength. ine Iron Steel Trades Confederaofficials held secret talks with management on own, and then instructed work, without any of us involved.

The ISTC's ment accepted the Survival Plan, the new shift system management, no guaran that wasn't signed by BSC.

Rotherham Crafts decided to reject this surrender to management and to stay out on strike.

but bites own after the ISTC went work, but went out to win support.

Our local full time ofcicers be wad got the we'd got the same backing nationally we could defeat Thatcher in a fortnight let alone BSC Once we were joinTinsley Park and Shep- the Crafts cote Lane, management The mass meeting on Monday 25 April, where work, brought together the 1400 craftsmen from all three works. We're going to build on the experience of the unity in this dispute so that continue to develop common policy necessary common acAs I explained at the meeting, we've won a tinues. We ended the meeting with an appeal for the biggest 2p sprit VUl against Thatcher's visit to Sheffield. Firth April 'Thatcher you're not welcome.

hasn't seen redundancies.

Public services are being squeezer ahae cheap fares' bus policy o South Yorkshire council threatened by government legislation.

Now Thatcher is rubbing salt in the wounds by Sheffield on Thursday 28 April to dine with the City's bosses.

She may be toasted by the bosses but from the God bless mummy daddy grạn, please stop Mr Duffy from selling out any strikes ...

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