Cowley workers fight back

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motion of 'no conndence" ten days notice oi imple: tul. , in the leadership in the mentation of these changés union branch which was and of further cutbacks in last two weeks there has stoppage at the Body Plant New Leyland Action Comdefeated by only one vote labour. The cutbacks been a walk-out of import- would itself at once affect mittee pamphlet, 10p plus majority. were proposed with the ant sections in the plant. all Leyland models except postage from LAC, 194 DawlThe mood in the plant same production, and The workforce has regained the Jaguar and the Metro, ish Road, Birminghạm 29 BL's Body Plant at Cowley has, like all BL plants, been under vicious attack by the management.

There has been continuous speed-up "to get bonus" and a worsening ot working conditions.

The company has been able to get away with this because the right wing leadership of the TGWU in the plant has isolated any resistance. So most sectional disputes nave been - 1 1 : d-- Lame defeated.

It is this action that led in early. December, to has been for plant-wide struggles.

In December the company made a move to change the present tea breaks, during which the tracks stop. They wanted continuous running of the tracks and instead relief people to come round to relieve the workers while the track was still running.

In a dirty plant, like the Body Plant, there was a lot of hostility to the plan. rioor meeungs aul over tne 1.11 - -17 dhplant voted to resist and the company backed away.

The company then gave came under the establishment of what the company calls - 'Audited Plant status' (APS) which is part of their bonus scheme.

One of the plant's union committees then decided "enough was enough" and that all TGWU members in the plant would support any sectin 'taken on" , over the tea-breaks or APS.

The ten days' notice ended two weeks ago last Friday: The company did not umplement straight away. They decided to try to persuade sections. They were completely unsuccessNearly every day, in the Lines for the axe? its confidence.

Last Tuesday the company moved to implement curoacks in several secuons in the plant. They all stopped work immediately. A mass meeting was only averted bythe company backing away.

On Inuisuay bue LUAL Thanador thn faill shop stewards committee voted unanimously to endorse the policy of plantwide defence of any section under attack.

These struggles could give a lead to the whole of Leyland..

If a strike erupts in the Body Plant it should be spread. Even though a • SCOTLAND Glasgow. For details of meetings contact paper sellers or Stan Crooke, 114 Dixon Avenue, Glasgow G42. SO is sold at Maryhill dole (Tuesday mornings)

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