was Edwardes' 'survival plan' has become çlear with the company's recently issued five per cent pay offer and the 85-page productivity deal which was attached to it.
order implement Edwardes had to take on the unions.
opposed the plan, they Inside British Leyland the Combine Committee was the only nationally organised trade union body that had the potential of focusing opposition to Edwardes.
The sacking of Derek Robinson is the first major attack on the rank and file leadership inside the unions that have seen the Edwardes has set a every other employer.
CYCL UPAL sacking clearly showed the strength of the organised trade unions. unofficial stoppages of over workers were the result opposition management.
But inside the plants there were divisions. In many plants the long years of participation and the success of BL in closing down factories like had left sections workforce demoralised.
In every plant there was a minority work. In other plants, like Canley and Castie Bromwich. strike action was overwhelming. strike action was overwhelming.
The division between the workers was between those fight • and those who support Edwardes. Terry betrayal gave a massive boost to the right wing in the plants.
During the strike the leadership of the Combine Committee themselves very limited strategy was to contain the dispute to wherever they could get support easily - and to wait for the unions to make it official.
Official With official backing TGWU and the AUEW, victory was clear.
But to rely on this alone — not to call for all-out strike action and to pickets - meant that the AUEW officials could get away with it.
The success of the Duffy partnership has meant that the first phase in the struggle has been lost. It will be a hard fight to reinstate The outrage. that was expressed by thousands of Leyland can rekindled Michael GRAND HOT , this, Committee bad had to go.
Tories. precedent for followed the 30,000 of the the into action.
The recently of the him or not.
policies that Leyland the decision for wanted to Duffy's set goals. Their MICHAEL EDWARDES TR7), nationalisation and flying safeguard jobs.
Edwardes has no Edwardes/ saving Leyland as it is.
wants to safeguard the line and give the lowest initially unions is the stopped.
Eater un AMBROSE MARCHING tbrough Birmingham last week Combine Committèe must be forced Leyland Action Committee will be fighting for action from all union members to defend Robinson whether the enquiry cooked up by Duffy finds in favour of It will also be arguing for the only can defend jobs week, worksharing with no loss of pay, no transfer of work from one factory to anomer las was attemoico with tot the car industry as a whole with a plan to intention of He simply the profits of Leylaud and his own fat pay cheque. that He's out to sack workers, speed up pay rise. possible. A massive fight by the trade only way he'll be SHARDŁOW'S WORKERS OF THE WORLD