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area incentive scheme.
This leaves South Wales the of incentive schemes, at area or Wille South Wales SPIL LE voted 83 per cont against the incentive scheme in the national ballot, and will still he hostile to the National Coal Board's pitbased schemes, Yorkshire and Scottish Area Council decisions will undoubtedly affect the Souch Wales ballot.
Yorkshire president Arthur Scargill greeted the news of tbe Yorkshire arca ballot reiterating the message of the left at the national conference: *I have said repeatedly that an incentive scheme will result in More CeREAs Serious Roadents and industrial disease', he Sienned.
*It will result, I believe, in al least thirty pit closures over the next five years. It will mean an cnormous increase in physical effort on the nart In Tynemouth last July, miners voted for a wage claim of £i35, rejected the 12-month rule and opposed any increase in wages being lied to increases in Seven months later, the wage claim is effectively buried, the 1 November deadline decided on by the miners' conference has elapsed uneventfully, and in the past week, the NUM's strongest fighters Yorkshire area — voted 63 per cent in favour of an members who receive bonus Scargill is right. The increases won through schemes, which stand to be as much as £25 in 'easy be blood money.
Board and the Government have been prepated to accept such increases, entail, becaase they hope to militancy splitting pit irom pit, area froes by arca — with wage rates being determined he the particula! local scheme.
Conley and the rest of the right wing on the NUM pled sl over the democratic rights of their memhers in their collaboration with the eulployers. right betional ballet in an attempt to al our overturn the conference dec Vision on incentive schemes. Following the endorsement of this decision in the 55 per cent national ballot rejection of the scheme, the executive decided to overturn the result of the bailor. Ar the same meeting. in December, it decided - the decisions 12-month rule.
Scottish area pressdent Mick MeGahey ally pronounced himself to be productivity in lavour productivity". pits, a smack The Coal Solsgirth Colliery miners took Labour strike council's support ph-based mcentive scheme SABOTAGE miners by When the left leaders did attempr to opposition to the sabotage TACT RACH DECLIN was by taking legal action, Not surprisingly, the court ruled in favour of the right wing every time. Scargill commented the second occasion: "I beliere this judgement should firmly convince any, trade unionist called that it is useless hoping for justico in the courts of this land.' This may have been good overwhelming proposed - again al conference to respect the a member of the continu'increased This gOL hims ir the face when action against the area for a co-ordinate their execulive s London N1.
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