Typists fight for equal pay
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AFTER a one-day strike in solidarity with striking typists, Liverpool City NALGO have decided on a policy of non-cooperation.
They have also been given permission by the NALGO Executive to call out 100 members. These will probably be wages staff - and as soon as the wages are stopped, other council workers are likely to strike in support of the typists.
The. 500 typists have been on strike for 12 weeks, in a grading dispute. Thanks to other NALGO members blacking their work, their action has para. lysed many City Council functions. But Liberal City Council leader Trevor Jones has been determined to sit it out.
Under a legal provision dating back to World War 2, he has been running the City through a six-person emergency powers committee. He has also tried, unsuccessfully, to send the typists' work to outside agencies.
The strikers are also demanding that NALGO recall the national typists' delegate meeting.
Messages/money to: Liverpool typists, Duchy Chambers, 24 Sir Thomas St, Liverpool 1.