FORTY-FIVE sacked workers from JJ Foods have won a victory at a industrial tribunal. It decided they had been unfairly dismissed and that their boss had discriminated against them when they joined a union to press their claim for decent pay and service conditions.
The workers who are mainly Turkish and Kurdish are still pressing for reinstatement but if the tribunal dock not enforce this they will each receive sums in excess of 5.000. Rumours abound that this will lead to the company going bust. A campaign mounted a tena ra support rou has successfully stopped a number of contracts with the firm.
John McCarthy of the support group said that through united action the company had been brought to its knees. It is, he said, an important lesson for other bosses who might think about sacking The success of the dispute has set in motion a campaign with the T&G tex. tile branch in North London to fight for union recognition among low paid Plan Wilkinson