by Pat Hickey [Rover Solihull Shop Steward] LAID-OFF workers in the Rover SE 1 plant in Solihull were informed last week that they were the first to receive the benefits of the of earnings' "security document drawn up by the Joint Negotiating Committee.
The information came not from the won representative, but from the local press.
security of document was overwhelmingly rejected by the mass meeting of LETS SODA CLUES ILL 977. The latese document onl included MOT COAMeer despite this Joint Negotiating Committee has accepted it. The decision Meeting of converted i was ratified Kenilworth immediately after their meeting with Edwardes.
The new document, which has staff scatus of hourly employees, contains this penalty clause: a single dispute lasting more thun four hours can disqunlify workers engaging in industrial wetion from receiving lay-off pay in the whole succeeding quarter.
DISCIPLINE The penalty clause will be used as a disciplinary device by manarement who will be ane to fine workers several weeks Mie wanna recourse to any of normal disciplinary cedures. This will undoubtedly be used to strengthen supervision and the power of the The fact that documents like senior stewards will revive calls CEL SLOT referred back to mass meetings. but Joint Negotiating Committee will follow such a course of action.
It will have to be replaced by a body based on the existing shop stewards and recallable by them.
The JNC is now negotiating paid on the incentive scheme which is designed to create even profurther job loss.
In the context organisations Edwardes plan these negotiations are a serious attack on Leyland warkers Leyland stewards resolutions of no confidence in CANTEEN "ALWAYS HONDERED WHAT 'SLUSH MONEY' WAS the JNC the We uge pass pay deal start.
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and reject discussion be the unpiceen cation of this scheme on a plant level. The fight against the JNC must be got under way before the begotiations on the 190 land axe-man