UCW pay
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-04-28Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 15 →
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MANCHESTER • Amalgamated, one of the country's biggest UCW branches, has voted with only one against for rejection of the pay deal recommended by the union executive.
Other branches are also debating the deal over the period up to Wednesday May 4.
Manchester members " were contemptuous of the offer of 5% on basic from April 1, and 17 extra from August 1. The deal also includes just one day's extra annual leave this year, continuation of the bonus scheme, no reduction of the working week, and an agreement with mail order firms that could cut lots of jobs.
Another item important in motivating rejection of the deal was a 12 month trial of Optical Character Recognition machines - which would completely auto-, mate sorting. a negative fashion.
The result of the recall conference was a two-to-one defeat for the strike call. It was in the balance up to the last minute because of the important London vote: but it became clear that the London leadership had failed to get any mandate from their members, and few if any local meetings had been held.
This is a clear defeat for firemen. Many FBU members are aware that further attacks are on the way: especially on the question of manning levels and jobs. In the near future firemen will have their leadership tested again over this question. For an indepenthe death of Coli Roach!
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