Instructing the strikers to go back to work, he states that there wu De no negoldwes. misintendon was cicany to use the full weight of the папода елесше сопці tee of the EETPU to split was less favourable than he fany members, now et tering their seventh week of unofficial strike action.
disgust. And at last Friday's mass meeting there were many angry words condemning ine unions shaboy role. It is now EETPUS застир wЕнсO 15 ENC 18Iа obstacle to negotiations RULES Chapple also wrote letters to the stewards committee informing them that if they did not recommend a return to work they would be in contravention of the union rules and policies. The mass meeting trumped this threat by endorsing the stewards committee's con duct of the strike.
The reaction wat so hos tile that many strikers are talking of leaving the unSon, tearing up stewards other union.
SUPPORT This dangcrous talk is countered by the flood of support for the strike and the wave of critical resolutions to the NEC from other EETPU branches showing the real groundswell which must be built up opposition Chapple leadership of the EETPU: But the real demoralisation with the union is a hig problem.
The scepticism Chapple's recent call for democracy union is shown comment of one of don't know of one member who voted for Chapple in the last election yet he got in What Chappie falls to mention in bis letter was the agreement made berween BSC at Shepcote Lane in A copy of that agreement sened ou the HSC manage meat and nacional negotia tors of the AUEW and the EETPU bas come into the hands or the sinke pom mittee and has been circu laced to the moodia. It mares. that an extra Span bour will be paid to craftamen due to the changing environment al Sheccore Lane and the advanced technology quiring new and specific skills". It also ngrees to talks POCKETS This money is now in the Lane craftsmen. It is exactTalbot electricians are leaders BOB FERGUS looking for and makes bonseuse of the refusal of the HSC and the FETPU to negotiate due to the Social CODETROI: BUT a5 Wyn Bevan, convenor of stewards committee, said 'Deals wbich break Social Contruct have been made length and breadch of the Country. We are going to get the same. ISOLATE Despite the strength of the suike - and it is very strong - these manoeuvres by the EETPU bureaucracy co isclate the strike must take their toll That Is why last week's public meeting called by the srike com mittee with the active port of Red Weekly attended by porters and over 230 local people, was so important.
After hearing all sides of the arguments, with many of the decisive contributions coming rank and File members of ober UNCE TIME HOES AVORC on a press statement from FRANK CHAPPLE IN WEEKEY
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FRANK CHAPPLE sent a per- sonal letter to each of the Port Talbot's 560 striking electri- cians last week.