Fords get tough
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-03-11Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 15 →
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AUEW action "THIS BRANCH believes that the Executive Council has mishandled the Laurence Scotts Electromotors dispute. As this is an issue of concern to all AUEW members, this branch demands a ballot for the removal of the Executive Council in line with rule 14, Send to AUEW, 110 Peckham Rd, with copy to LSE Strike Committee, FRED Court, an electrician at Ford Dagenham, has been sacked on a trumped-up clocking offence. He follows some 30 other workers sacked on various charges in the few months since October.
220 electricians struck in support of Fred Court, but went back this week without winning his reinstatement. They had had no official support from the EETPU, and their calls for blacking of their jobs were turned down by other Dagenham workers.
Under pressure of a relentless management offensive on clocking offences, workers conceded to Fords argument that Fred Court had clocked out four other workers. But the four were still on their jobs 20 minutes later!
Ford is up in front with BL in setting the pace for tighter management control on the shop floor. needed London SE 15, c/o 20 Round-
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