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Socialist Organiser1981 1981-10-29Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 1 →
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BL STRIKERS BRING DOWN THE TORIES INSIDE, PAGES 7-10: FOUR PAGES ON THE B.L STRIKE 26th to prevent management from getting in.
The stewards at LSE called for the picket after Arthur Snipe, owner of the factamong all 630 former employees inviting them to a meeting at the factory on the 26th. Snipe's intention was to handpick 150 from the original 630 in order to , EDMARDES GUTT reopen the factory. 38% His plans were obvious. OUR MARCE No militants or stewards would be among the 150 taken back. Yeshe DIFFESEN TILLTA In the event, only one former employee turned up, to be greeted by a picket of 300-400. As management tried to enter the building, the pickets surged forward. The police waded in, and there were some scuftles.
One picket was arrested The success of the picket was a victory for the Scotts workers, but no doubt management will try new tactics to end the dispute in the near future. Physical, moral and financial support is still crucial.
There is pressure on Snipe from the Admiralty, to whom he has a five-vear commitment.
More important, perhaps, AUEW leaders John Bovd and Terry Duffy are well aware that the AUEW Final Appeals Court is likely to rule that the dispute should be made official again. They may well have put pressure on Snipe in order to save their skins: that's what a lot of people at Scotts think.
And what about the Final Appeal Court? The case originally came up on Monday 12th, but when the JOHN HARRIS vote went against the Executive Boyd adjourned the FACto Thursday 15th.
The decision of the 11person FAC was taken in closed session, and since that time no-one at Scotts has heard anything. They can't reach any of the FAC members, and Duffy appears to have suppressed any literature concerning the case.
AUEW members have shown admirable support for LSE in the past. It's vital they continue to do so now that the strikers seem to have not only Boyd and Duffy on the run, but Arthur Snipe as well. Support conference, November 14th: see page 2
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focialist Organiser no.59 1981 -ndustri October Page
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