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all for labour movement solidarity-p.3 Post to: Socialist Organiser, 28 Middle Lane, London N8 An earlier Gardners occupation against mass redundancies Post Office, Signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of the SOA. We're offering bundles of five each week for £1 post free, and bundles of 10 for £1.75 post free. That's £12 for three months for bundles of 5, and £21 for bundles of ten.
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Address. . Of is of Socialist Organiser. I enclose sell! THE workers at Gardners Engineering factory in Eccles have won an important victory by forcing management to reinstate their victimised deputy convenor Mick Brightman.
Last Wednesday an apprentice in the milling section followed the nightshift's example by refusing to do a job which had been blacked. The foreman suspended him and the rest of the section went off the cards (go-slow) which resulted in the whole section being suspended.
The same day, Mick Brightman, who is the shop steward for the section, was summoned to the office and given his cards.
Support quickly spread throughout the factory, and by Friday about 85% of the workforce was sitting in. A mass meeting that day decided there would be no return to work until Brightman was reinstated with his deputy convenor's credentials. On Friday afternoon management offered to reinstate Brightman without his credentials. This was turned and by the beginnie of the week management were clearly caving in.
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On Tuesday they offered to take Brightman back, with his credentials, and five days suspension.
This was accepted by the mass meeting on Tuesday morning, and the workforce voted to go back.
The action taken by Gardners workers was swift and effective; and shows they are no easy meat for bully-boy tactics. Management must have felt like flexing their muscles after the workers narrowly accepted a 3%. wage increase in January and have obviously totally miscalculated the strength of their workforce.
This continued willingness to fight bodes well for the future both in Gardners itself and in the wider labour movement.
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