MARION WEIR and CHRIS BAMBRY meport.
AFTER mime weeks on stribe 130 workers, all but 20 of whom are women, have occupied the Essex International plant in Kilwinming, Ayrshire. The strike started shees sectrical parts for ford electrical parts for and Chryster, Introduced a time DOG MACION SHES WITH MENCE One woman was told if she wouldn't work to a stopwatch, used by our company", is how Esses describes their stopwatches and timesheets.
voted to strike till the time and motion study was withdrawn. DOL DICE ON SErIE, IDE WOULD found two other issues. were receiving E1,30 to (7.30 le than workers at the sister plant lo Derry. In addition, the wage for wotten was (2 les thar hear breach the Equal Pay The plam was occupied two weeks ago when it was found that out at night. ACAS, the arbitrahad already been Jnion, but as the strikers staced Essex won't listen to them." The out as long as Essex can, after all they've as much to lose as us Ta SEC 1as * Manchester fashion. In order to boost productivity they put up a board.
ominating the production lines Kiwienng and Deny: to go to the toilet, women had to ask thei foreman. Canteen facilities were vorkforce getting less than hal ind hour dinner break ie company's rules stretch offences", others "ininor fencel. One of them in that it together that constitutes a meetinst Already the occupiers have won support. Massey Ferguson in Kilmariock, just back from a strike sent money from their hardship fund, and the Derry plant in running a boycot. Attempts are being made to vet Ford Hale wood and Chrysier Linwood to boycott Essex parts.
The AUEW bave made the strike official, after some delay, and the local district is paying for babysitting. With the possibility is vital Send donations 1234652 of support lo: Cilmore, 430 Sauchiehal Street Glasgow G2.
aron hospitais st *Cardiff FIVEHUNDRED heulth workers Cardiff last Friday to protest the proposed closare cumpaign to save this old peuple's habilitation centre notched up s JESUCCESS IDE authority extended the time ser side for "public consultation" by Glan-Ely is the Jatest victim of the South Glamorgan area health cutbacks. The AHA i making Thecars in al ductions - GRE Ely is only one of four hospicals in the Cardiff area on their current chopping list But hospital workers and the community aT e see just how devious autbority is. The district commitunion, NUPE anis motion ot to lense in speaker aller apeaker from th olatform meeting held on 11 July condemned the plans Durman, chairperson of the South East Wales Pensioner called the AHA's documents deliberately confusing Her fictitious.? Speaking on Cardiff Trades Council, exocutive massive demonstration in support plause for her call for not the loss Bedie hospital, not the los of one The packed meeting mously passed a resolution pledeIne total oppostion ro all health service curs and calling for all those who share this opposition to join in a South Glamorgan action standing and Nan sot content service, NUPE's divisional Colla Barnett, has SEEI SOMEO ne patric nocds ROGER SCOTT needs goes int nod out, lans on the A sold public.
shitt of one to lour work-in, the bealch on Friday's march. A COHSE branches mounted!
campaign to nee Fi seminar on local fomay doctors.
under threni but the area health *Bristol ancillary strike AHA's "Hatural the health ing to shut down Liverpor officer - only to he confronted with a big attack launched by che complete lack of understanding' 5 of the need to rationalise ob are clearl Birmingham of working class women LOIL come before any cuts which the Government is trying to enforce, were revealed.
WORKERS IN occupation at Hounslow Hospieal in West Lonsupport on their picker line as the hospital's closure date draws near.
to collect signatures for the petition demangency departments are re-opened and to hand out the regular new bulletin produced by slatt for the Pickets are asked to arrange Bour Because Hounslow is staging a workers themselves con only rocket but ol work hours. Trade union branches and labour movemen: organresolutions committing members to specific hourson the picket line.
viral. Ensure a strong picker is * new development in she gren the Bizabesh Garrets Anderson hos putal hes been cuneed as a newit of women 3 healsh organised by the EGA sett in co-operation. with the Jocal com Theseminar passed o resolution colling for a women's health advisory service to be established at the EGA in coordination with LAST TUESDAY three hundred nursery nurses and other anciliary workers in Bristol lobbied Aven of voluntary redundancy SOURSLICE BLINDIA In the last throe years, authority has not touched one penny of the money allotted to them for nursery expansion.
* Birmingham THE CAMPAIGN to maintain mingham's old people has scored a limited victory with the area TO LIE SECUCEL Ol Monday that new purpose-built accommodation is on the cards.
Management s salement came in the wake of a public campaign launched to save the Quinton Hall old people's home against closure in a situation where no other provision had been made.
The campaign against closure was huncheu by NorE soda services branch and backed by STELE Council ALSO RESCUE DEMO TOm have been firm in their opposi and 15,000 signatures were quickly conected to suppon w stand as soon as closure plans The closure of Quinton Hall comes at a time when unable to care for themselves, are on waiting lists for places in tree hundred women rallied in Trafalger Square to view the'trial' of Lab nistere cerried out by Women Against Ra homes. The queue for Quinton doubled over the part two years, The decision to close the home for Birmingham if the Tory controlled social services depart ment goes away with it planned curs. The E750,000 from the department's hudge last sear and the 1900,000 axec this year are considered as too lenient" by the Tories who have forced the head of social service to resign for being "too soft" council by Note and be cie city direct labour department suc ceeded in persuading Labou councillors to leave the cooncil meeting, which the Tories were then forced to abandon.
The back-down of management continuing determination of the NUPE branch to confront the Tory council's onslaught ilgainst public spending.
MARTIN TOLMAN, NUPE shop steward, CHRIS BIRD NUPE member.
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