Union leaders tell P.O. Engineers 'You'd better accept our 37 and a half hour productivity deal'

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Birmingham this Saturday.

week: December, SILBERMAN.

The original claim by the POEU was for an immediate 35 bour week with no loss b *I was the concitation report Lord MeCarthy recommended the employers" present offer, and the report also tied the reduction of the working week to an increase in productivity, thus ensuring that no jobs would be saved.

Tens of thousands of jots Bave already been lost to the Industry over the past 15 years Developments in micro-clec especially the much ШКОД З00UI S3000H010 HOLDIE established that workers and not profit should benefit fron imposed testicles Spied by the trades b again endorsed its policy for a 35-hour week.

VOCAL POEU general Bryan Stanley was particularly vocal at Congress, speaking in favour of the 35-hour week as a way to ensure that technological advance benefits workers.

Meliwine others on the POEU executive nave been touning ine countr organising mass meetings in an effort to sel the productivity deal membership.

This activity has been sharp contrast speeches at the TUC, but to the complete Lack of campaigning when the POEU conference voted in favour of Industrial action in June.

Despite the executive's inactivity, the industrial action was strong and solid, and some weeks after the executive called Tyburne branch organised stuch Indicated an overwhel unofficial CARDER ming maiority for rejecting the Broadcasting pablicil! in Ine Times and Guardian on Tuesday.

coveruge of the NF. DELEGATES from branches of the Post Office Engineering Union meet at a special conference in The only item on the agenda will be their executive's accepfance of a management offer of a 37½-hour reports JONATHAN which and MICRO-PROCESSOR offer and continuing the fight for the original claim.

By building on this sentiment such through a prepared escalation of industrial action, combined with an atrempt to turn the TUCs words into action, the claim could be serious step made to winning the 35-hour week for the trade This is not what Stanley and Cohave in mind. The agenda at the special conference Saturday has been arranged to rule out order propositions other than the executive's. The only item to be discussed will be whether to acoept the offer do in the event of rejection The right-wing organised in the right-wing won and a The Block, has tried to back-up this undemocrane move will a witch-bunt agaiost tbe militant COLONCI which campaigning for rejection of LOCOLS on Following a lobby of tbe CHALLYS any smashed as union prevented the lobbyers from lens to lay waste to musses of jobs entering their headquarters, not what to leadership, undeclared building, CLUESOME DUCE when a door reflects the officials desire to light.

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