pat on, kicked, punched anc threatened with a Stanley Earlier in the dispute a scab attacked the picket with an Iron bar, he was restrained, but it was the pickets that faced a court case.
Acd has been thrown ar GMB officials and strikers cars. The police are carrying out an investigation (4 weeks already). Burnsall's has gallons of the stuff. The police more interested in bothering the strikers about their coke brazier and caravan (donated by • the victorious Alcan strikers).
North Staffs Against Pit Closures and the NUM Scottish Marchers, plus delegations from Trentham and Littleton NUM, have visited the picket. The strikers spoke with Peter Heathfield and Paul Footat the Trentham NUM Rally, on \Saturday 15 December and received a arge collection after speaking at the HEM Heath (NUM) Sodial Club.
Support evelop the struggle is being set up at the Indian Workers Association, Soho Road, Handsworth. Delegates are expected Support Groups in London ana Oxford.
Further information, donations and speakers: GMB, Thorn House, 2 Birmingham Road, Halesowen B63 ЭНР. 021-550-4388 Voluntary HIV organisation for the tion and publicity.
February 1993.
AT A TIME when employers like to deny the impact of any picketing if makes a change to have an employer claiming that picketing has had a calamitous effect on the business.' Such, however, was the claim made by one Gerrard Henry in the High Court in December when he sought an injunction to prevent picketing of his shops in Beverley, Pocklington and York Henry had sought the injunction against three former employces, the husband of one of the women involved and Hull Trades Counol. The background to the court case is this. Henry employed the women involved when he ran a company called Decidedly Different Clothing One of the women, Ann Kavanagh was sacked by Henry two years ago Amn Kavanagh look Henry to an in dustrial tribunal and was awarded 26,500 compensation. Before the money was paid, Henry round up the company, sacked the remaining employees. ut continued do trade as "Annie Hall". The women nolved are campaigning for the £6,500 award to be paid, to Ann Kavanagh. In November, a delegation of Annie Hall women joined a demonstration in Hull against pit closures. Since then, ing demonstrations to discourage shoppers from using the Annie Hal shops. Picketing in York and Beverley was stepped up for the Saturdays before Christmas, potentially lucrative shop. ping days. The protests were obviousInterested in Voluntary Work?
north west, George House Trust, is currently recruiting as volunteers people with organisational skills to work in areas such as fund raising, campaigning, training informaIf you are interested call us on 061 839 4340 before 5 ly rattling Henry and he sought a High ourt injunction to stop the picketing.
full Trades Council approached sympathete lawyers, who were wiling , take on the case. The judge rejected Henry's move for an injuncbon, and the picketing has continued.
Without the presence at court of the defendants and a sympathetic barrister, the injunction would have been granted and damages of thousands of pounds incurred.
The women were employed knitting very expensive woolen garments just get my wallet. I EC Europe (including Britain): Non-EC Europe: 1 year E20 ] Six months £11 0 , Rest of the World: 1 year 624 Six months £130 1 1 include a donation of £ Name I Address No. 35 such as jumpers at C170 a me. They But scandalously their subsequent attempts to join a union have proved fruits. Nother me GMB nor the TGWU have taken the opportunity to recruit a group of women who have shown their abity to wage a camprion that ary urion shouis be proud The campaign for compensation for Ann Kavanagh continues. Further details of the campaign are available from Hul TUC, PO Box 128, Hul. Subscription Rates Send to Socialist Outlook, PO Box 1109, London N4 2UU --_-----••--January 16, 1993 Page 11
Published fortnightly Solidarity price £1 Strikers and claimants 25p No 35 January 16, 1993 socialist MINERS SOLD OUT NOT THE MINERS closure. ( short order. the camps.
WOMEN HAVE moved to the forefront of the fight to save the coal industry, with plans for Greenham Common-style camps outside the ten pits in most danger of The first such camps, modelled on the peace camps outside US nuke bases in Britain in the early eighties, opened outside Yorkshire's Markham Main colliery and Trentham colliery near Stoke-on-Trent carlier this week. Others were expected to follow in The move has been initiated by Women Against Pit Closures, with full backing trom the National Union of Mineworkers. Women supporters are welcome to stay at WAPC is also organising a demo through London on February 6. Details on pace five.
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