THE LOLA DUE BE LUCAM Birmingham which is due to start oil E Augusl ts the culmination ol a campaiga of provocation carried ou hs manasement. Toolmakers in the company's planis are in trom dispule over n bonus system.
of thi trade pniem side of the Natieanl Solot Negntiglion Commhțec he will be doing tis ICrEI OTI C SUE 1 10 The beginnings of the which cume op the sreme to the last atrike wase in Fords wat Tave so deownu:
re Füll cirim. Ne Junking of hie cost bE tivin Reduce motking withodi lois of pay- fir w LSAEE TCCS PAES Phase 2.
ASILACLS E8 ranke CRUCE-DEE DR saleguard.
Hepk 9TS and has been approved by th CO BIOJICUE HE But management have rS TASTET saruied to at he separe oi - UCDaREI Employmen io Birmingham has nationa backing ruied that the claim is outside August A work to rule in support of the CN eL TO THAN CLOL SUSECId ing all bonas payments for toal Workers found their wage packets short by up to sumuner.
Unite for Action
Both these struggles challenge Phase 2 directly. By forming an Indestry-wide block, the Leyland toolroom workers are following the same tactics as the dockers, uniting workers who would otherwise be split from each other, some making claims under Plese 3, others under Phase 2. But there are dangers as well.
The car industry promises to be the first place where the bosses following the CBl directive to hold the line are going to stand firm. The wave of disputes in the engineering Industry in the spring and the clear signs of a repcat performance in the autama point to the need for a national lead for all engineering workers.
The first step would be the calling of a National Broad Lefl conference, organised on a democratie basis, with the sim of uniting all those in the union pledged to a fight against the twelre month rule aed theten per cent norm.