Council to Ereah economia crisis of ror leopardise par actory dirferantiais Is on Improvemenis a in order to asalet as Union Congrees e supplemoris peit on a phased baste trued incentive and ruine productivity t including shorter line. l Executive Concll yal.....or Class Struggle That this conterance instructs tha Ganarai Executive rafum to free Collective bargaining and lo give no support to out members" ving standards over the past twd years of incomes polley thie logeiner with the membership te fight for substantial wage by 1 pel cant for every L asseased by elected committees of frade un Aino labior hy: Branches Nos. 11562, 1/1900 and 5/833 The TGWU leadership faces strong opposition to their so-called orderly return to voluntary coilective bargaining". Over 150 bodies of the union have put down motions against the Social Contract. Only 4 branches follow the Executive the work fonte of Ford.
up at being treated shifts of tea, etc., has respected the pickets. oothing short of an attempt to demoralise workers into taking no action to defend the foremian.' basic conditions. With the support of the CP the Dazenham Panel' (composed of TREMENDOUS officials) voted to put such an agreement to The next day, howeser, the real voice of plant) agreed: the shopfloor was beard loud and clea when a mass meeting of 1,500 assembly endorsed the recommendation of their shop stewards committee toreject the agreement and hold out for the s0 per cent lay-off pay demand.
As significant as the vote were the hundreds who put their names down on the FORDWORKERS GROUP What do we want? 80 per cent lay-off pay! That's what the fightis all about in the PTA, the Body and the whole Don't believe what you read in the pre barbage you read in the papers - lay-off pay is the issue, not about one man holding the whole of Ford to ransom. People are fed like casual labour - a guaranteed weekly wage is what we want - the right to live!
The picketing is going well. It's pickets, equiped home made tents, camp-fires, pots have been putting ir lots of hours at various key points and what' smore it just gives more power to Raz Razvi (T&G shop steward, assembly *In Fehruary we passed a motion on the assompis Pam soop wewaras comance that in the event of a layoff, "A' and B was necessary to ger 80 per cent pay. When we proposeu suas actony secas -8o every section had meetings and there was tremendous support on both shifts— my Chris Topping (T&G shop steward in the body plant) explained, this world be desastrous.
The unity that's been acheved berween different sections of the workforce is only organise the rank and file lo resist the anemais or ine managemeat sao lac Laur union officials to break the new momen lum I we can win the 80 per cent densand not only will that increase our confidence generally, but it will in effect be amassive blow agains, the Social Contract "It will pur us in the best possible position to smash any attempe by the Government to impose a third phase of wage controls.