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1 The they are and they must become Socialist Organiser 35 p plus postagé from Socialist ıniser, c/o 214 Sickert Court don N1 2SY. SOUTHWARK NALGO members are now well into the third week of their strike over the sacking of a child case worker, Siobhan Stokes.
The Labour-controlled council has been acting just like any anti-trade union employer. For instance, they attempted to force Siobhan to sign a no-strike 'loyalty oath"
Over the last week this dimension of the dispute has become much more prominent. It has come to light, for instance, that Siobhan was the only person in her section who took action in support of the residential social workers.
Another nasty side to the dispute has been the various press "leaks" organised by certain Labour councillors to the effect that Siobhan is a member of the WRP (which Brum NUJ THREE journalists at the Birmingham Dispatch are now in the third week of their strike over union recognition and low pay.
The three, all NUJ members, were receiving between £50 and £60 for doing a job for which the Newspaper Society have agreed a minimum rate of €108.50.
The paper's owner, Mike Shanley, refused to negotiate with them as an NUJ chapel.
To avoid legal action by the NGA over non-payment of holiday money, Shanley is re-launching the Dispatch as a new company, and the NUJ members have been told that they must apply for their jobs to this new company.
Shanley also The ten swimming teachers were sacked when they refused to accept new pay scales and conditions of work.
At a NALGO meeting. which took place during the one-day action, a call for all-out action was heavily defeated. Instead, it was agreed that a further meeting next week would decide on future action.
In the meantime, the NALGO executive has said that they will seek to negotiate with the council. Dunlop win By John Douglas THE DUNLOP Slazel strike in Barnsley has en in victory.
The management clin down from their demands redundancies, speed-up and i cuts. They have offered a increase for parity with c Dunlop factories.
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