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G23D. 650 workers on strike at GEC in Openshaw, Manchester, decided today, Monday 24th, to stay out for at least another week.
A big majority of the mass meeting voted for continued action, and as of tomorrow, Tuesday, the manual workers will be laid off and •GEC will come to a halt.
The strike by staff, involving four unions, ASTMS, AUEW-TASS, MATSA, and APEX, is against the introduction of new tech rology that would walKoUT entail redundancies. Workers on the picket line said it was also in protest against an increasingly - belligerent management.
Support has come from other workers, including at GEC's plant in Trafford on the other side of Manchester.
Drivers making deliveries have been successfully turned away since the strike began last week.
The strike is vitally important. It comes in en industry that has been devastated for the last decade in the Manchester area, and at