WORKERS at BL's Cowley plant face their biggest workforce in an attempt to crush the growing militancy of the workforce.
disputes. The latest battle is over the incentive bonus scheme introduced by Edwardes to force up productivity.
Despite working LO gruelling schedules, have been getting oniv 15 WCCK trom scheme which is supposed to yield £30. The assembly plant imposed an overtime an to force management to increase the paymichls.
similar action the body plant had succeeded getting the bonus up from £5 to £20.
BL claims its response due to the action of workers in the paint shop, who are refusing to carry out essential cleaning outside the normal working hours. This would CUSI half an hour's production a day.
Inland 6 months f8;
12 months £15 Overseas (12 months only).
Europe £17; Air Mail £ 24 (Double these rates for multi-reader institutions)
Name Address Please send me as special offer I enclose cheque/PO payable to Socialist Send 1o: Socialist Action Subs, 328 Upper St.
Printed By Laneridge Ltd. (TU), London E2 In the past 12 months there have been 160 In fact, the plant has been losing 600 cars a week for some time now because Body The real Tenson ol the action management's attempts to will back Howardes stvle discipline.
Over the past two years the workforce has been getting back its confidence and rebuilding its organisation. The bonus scheme on the tracks have been of grievance for the workers.
Action for f London NI 2XP.
er with the Post Office.
PO Box 50, London N1.
This year's wage necotao l celuc on the issue of the bonus The schenre. plant has adopted a claim
----- pull-quotes -----
challenge since the days of Michael Edwardes. Management have locked out the assembly plant
KOG 204P SUBSCRIBE