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'Foremen wenr up and down the queue saying that it the gate they would through.' That night Moss Evans is in West Bromwich and he is lobbied to make the strike official. Evans says that it is just a matter of 'rubber stamping' as far as he was concerned.

Heexplains: 'I think BL has made @ schild • Mistake in sacking Robinson. He is not just an AUEW member, but has been elected by all. people came to march them Mr to take pickets to the next executive council meeting, the shop stewards at BL to represent them, and therefore we (the TGWU)

The Leyland Action Committee meeting in the evening is a big success, with mititants from all the BL plants in the Midlands, many of whom had never. been to an unofficial meeting The meeting arranges for coaches AUEW • 40 see if ballot.

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plan that 82 per cent had voted in favour of. THE SENIOR stewards in the BL Jaguar plant in Coventry have been under pressure to hold a mass meeting so that the workforce could reject Edwardes' measly 5 per cent pay offer. They knew the workforce would rejeet it, but they thought the BL management would not accept the decision of a mass meeting. So they decided to hold their own secret •Management were approached for help, but they refused to provide any facilities. The stewards even had to make their own ballot boxes. Numbered papers were issued and scrutineers were appointed to oversee the distribution and count so that management could not discredit the The result was a 92 per cent rejection of the pay offer - 5023 against and only 448 for. Michael Edwardes is taking out adverts in national newspapers explaining he is justified in sacking Robinson as he opposes a champion of democracy will ignore the Jaguar ballot result! Doubtless this new BRENT VAL.GO Campaign Benctit on Thur with Family 9pm, and Bandyland Disco To discuss the way forward fo c sale early and ree abortio individuals, t2.50 TV delegRes kegistraton unwaged Creche available more inic phone Manchester NAL., 06]-224 4392 Demand' ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The cartoon on page 7 of last week's issue was by Corinne Pearlman from the NCCL publication First Rights, reproduced with permission.

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One reason is that labour turnover