Deputy senior steward, Rover SDI THE action carried out by members Confederation of Shipbuilding and Enginecring Unions in pursuit of the national claim has met a breadth of support from the rank and file which has surprised even the bureaucrats who called it.
It's ironic that the Bible-thumping right wing which annihilated Broad Left leadership should now be doing what Scanion failed to do - calling nationa: action support of the annual instead of passing the buck to shop stewards at the local level.
No doubt the motive of Duffy and Boyd is to consolidate their position in the AUEW, the dominant union in the Confed, to further advance their High Court approach to democracy. The immediate question for us is how do we win against the Engineering Employers' Federation?
There are two problems to gaining the united support of all engineering WOTAN COOCHEL The claim itself - details on page 7 — is inadequate. It will make little difference to conditions industry. The two-tier structure of wage negotiations, with a national Registered with the Post involved in the pickets, meetings and demos to their support. Strengthen the left in the Wich action would victory by the workers would be a major blow to the goverament and set the pace for the Around. considerably upset Ine employers, who are aiming for speed-ups and redundancies:
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