wage and a 35-hour week.
now?
RICH PALSER reports.
If the union leaderships get their way, nothing will happen — at least until January.
Already the strategy of the National Union U0 10 Employees leadership is clear — put back anyaction till January, by which time the water and sewerage workers will have their claim in.
Denten offer forthcoming by then, they plan to stage anorner airy Jobs strike. Those econone muscle would conc out, with a levy on the rest of the the strike.
FLAWS This is a serious approach on the face of it, giving plenty of time to prepare. burn nas two major flaws.
The first is that the main reason for delay has little to do IN A FEW days local government manual workers will almost certain to be the content. So what will happen with preparing the membership foraction.
TALKS It has more to do with gaining further time for talks between the Government to find some room for compromise when makes the low paid la special case.
the Government to be more heroe At best this is misguided.
Callaghan has made it clear that wage cuts are a central part of the Government is willing to talk about is how best to achieve this.
The second flaw in this approach is the reliance upon trade union dustcart workers, sewerage workers, and others similarly placed.
All-out industrial action by Socialist Challenge sales drive these sections is vital to show the determination to win the claim. But the decisive thing will be the political impact of the strike in other words, support from the rest of the labour movement Even the weakest organised workers, like the nurses in 1974, Can wi ev are sch to Have wide backing.
That's why a 'special case plea is dangerous. Far better for low paid workersto say: To end - talks our low pay we are fighting with all workers against wage cuts and and the 5 percent limit."
Such an involve bringing forward in alongside Ford's and other workers.
SOLIDARITY Similarly. - all that all-out action by water and dust workers, rolling strike in the hospitals workers there to go out in flying pickets and win solidarityaction by factory workers the nurses did.
The union leaderships have Waler and every interest in waiting if they think they can avoid having to lead a fight. The membership the degree of attitude would fight in addition action they want to win their claim would Irec sional Council of representing just as the THE CLAIM CAN Poplar High Street, London E14.
have no interest in waiting 1 Already the London Divi- file NUPE NUPE, over 100,000 members, has called forward its nave divisional delegate rally to plan action, and called for all-out action to win the claim. This is To fight for this, members of Copies of this bulletin can be ordered from: Campaign for Action in NUPE, c/o 47 Leyland House, the 'Campaign for Action NUPE', a group of rank-andmembers who are union to commit it to a militant fight produced arguing foraction now This being distributed SMOOCEAN A CHOICE Challenge supporters in NUPE are urged to give it their fullest support.
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receive a reply to their claim for a £60 minimum basic Whatever the package it's wrapped in, 5 per cent is