Lies exposed
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-06-23Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 14 →
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B.L Fight back! THROUGHOUT the recent Cowley Assembly Plant strike, management said that it was the only plant in BL that clocked out early. Nobody from the union side contradicted them.
But the lie is exposed by the decisión of management at BL's Body Plant at Swindon to take away their two minutes' early leaving time on Monday.
Management are selling this by saying that workers could be earning up to £28 bonus by October, instead of the present £18.75 limit.
Union leaders at the plant are welcoming this move to what is called Audited Plant Status, and the opportunity to earn more bonus. But this bonus means jobs lost, as does lengthening the working day. Hopefully the workforce will reject the false promises.
The local paper as always, is helping management by saying in their editorial that the workforce will have to accept longer working. They have also trotted out a familiar line:
'Indeed it seems as though Swindon is now the only BL plant at which an early get-away from work is still allowed."