Battle of Britain's
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-09-08Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 15 →
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Anui AGAINST THE Join LABOUR AGAINST THE WITCHHUNT Membership open to Constituency Labour Parties, trade union organisations, Labour Fee: CLPs and unions £10, wards f5, individuals and other organisations £3. Write to-LAW, 11 Wilderton Road, London N16. strike has been declared official and the strikers get union strike pay, the Glasgow TGWU District Committee has failed to make a serious effort to mobilise members for the picket line.
And the Glasgow Trades Council, which will be hearing the strikers' case on Wednesday, should also be mobilising its affiliates for picketing, rather than just passing the usual innocuous motion of support. 200 TGWU members have been on official strike at Britains toy factory in Walthamstow, East London, since July 29.
Their struggle is for a reduction in the working week from a compulsory 50 hours to 49, and for an increase in pay for the women workers.
While the strike is solid, and support is coming from other sections of the labour movement locally, management have escalated the situation by importing scab labour in an attempt to break the strike. At least some of this has been recruited through the office staff, who have refused to support the strike.
Management's action has only helped to strengthen the resolve of the strikers to win a demand which was achieved by the vast majority of the trade union movement decades ago.
Donations ele to Britains Ltd Strike Fund, c/o TGWU, 205 Fore St, Edmonton, London N18.
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