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Thatcher and Friends by John Ross Over our Dead Bodies -Women Against the Bomb Introductory offer readers: Eight issues for just £2! THE STRIKE by Vauxhall's 14,000 workers against management's seven per cent offer in the 84 pay round opens up a hot autumn in the car industry.
Jaguar has rejected management's offer of a two-year deal, and reaffirmed a claim of f25. Fords have submitted a claim for 14 per cent.
Oberthe la stearth re has been revival militancy dustry, which will have a in the cal inbig impact on the autumn pay round. At BL's Cowley Assembly Plant, there has been 130 disputes in the last ten months.
The miners' is one element in this revival. BL unions have submitted a claim for £22, while The relative upturn in the motor industry has also been important.
Earnings in manufacturing have been rising at wen aoove lue cantelleu a per cent. They are closer to • particularly serious development for car industri enoloyers They for million in Salc 1984, while forecasts for about 50,000 to 100,000 fewer sales in '84, than the 1.78 million sold in 83.
The result is rapidly sharpening ConDena with the major producers pustillig cost pliers and dealers. The markel рпс of cars Europe is well below the cost of production Europe has about half of the world's excess car manufacturing capacity of million vehicles. The resure un cabo es ll hold down wages is very great.
Any concessions made noW will be even more costly if there is the expected down-turn in sales next year.
Workers in the industry had tive vears of speed-up wage cotallll. The growing confidence of the unions looks likely to run head-on into the resistance of the