FRIENDS OF and the introduction of perforSHEPHIELO: AC local action. KEEP EN attend. The Burnsalls strikers, mainly Punjabi women, who have been fighting for decent pay and conditions at the Smethwick electroplating factory for nine months, plan a day of mass action to coincide with the miners on 2 April.
On that day a mass picket of the factory is being called, and delegations of strikers will visit other workers taking action. Miners from Trentham and roo wronguters are among the groups expeciate The day of action is the latest stage of an increasingly successful campaign for the strikers, whose terrible pay, unsate working conditions. compulsory overtime and long hours is symbolle of the sweatshop exploitation of black workers in For details of the day of action and other aclIvities, contact Burnsall Strikers' Support Group. tel: 021 551 4679. Donations should be sent to GMB Burnsall Strike Fund, GMB, Will Thome House, 2 Birmingham Rd., Halesowen, West Midlands.