Management pulls noteables are David Prendeghast and Neil
Greatrix.
Press are a nation of its all vote g rights are the national officials and the officials of each section. In addition there will be section delegates; I delegate
1 delegate per 1,000. This gives Notts a built-in majority.
There is also an advisory council which meets twice October and March.
The NEC consists of the 3 national officials, the general secretary section, plus one delegate for the first 7,000 members and one consequent 7,000. This again gives Notts a built-in majority.
The UDM paper is the old Notts Miner, but full of vitriolic tripe, lies and inuendo The wages offer made to its management of a 5 per cent increase in basic rate over two years is the lowest offer made annual wage review since BL was formed in 1968. Nor is the offer without strings. It is a part of a package which includes: norting patterns" specificalle they want a nine and three quarter hour Assembly plants, worsening conditions *merging the absenteeism and lateness: theoreticaly paying more money, but making the money harder to earn.
There have been serious problems of national ofticer has been getting his feet under that table and establishing his right wing credentials; and for the first time in two decades there is no militant leadership in the Assembly Plant to push the claim forward. As a result of this there have been no mass since the wage claim was
There has not been a single leafiet from the negotiating committee telling the workforce what is going on, whilst the media has been pumping management's case, talking massive losses made by Austin Rover in the current financial year
AUSTIN ROVER it is just like an NCB news-sheet.
national year in previous agreement.
of each for each
Austin Rover pay sell-out convenors' strings deal.
neotiating successtully conference of the wage round out about and about the NUM and its leadership. In fact
The acceptance of the NCB's offer of 5.2 per cent plus the revision of the pension
UDM's innocence when it comes to negotiations. They ran in and signed an agreement to beat the NUM to a settlement. But they did not realise or since it
The
Even though the UDM were the darling
Robert of the Tories during the strike and after,
UDM. Many of the members still claim to be staunch Labour
The SDP-Liberal Alliance, more so the SDP, has courted the UDM, inviting prominent leaders to the SDP conference.
union.
They seem ideal material for each other,
By BILL PETERS review discussions.
AUSTIN ROVER acceptance distorting the money offered - they lave been saying that ARG workers tand to gain fll per week out of the
On Monday October 20 the ARG vote on committee.
the
INC.
or or shop stewards to recommend acceptance of the package of tho negotiations he beon to take | by sece ballot rose sion wil be rakon
"negotiations" has been to take | by secret ballot vote.
Socialist Viewpoint No. 14 November-December 1986 p31 both middle of the road, with no policies, and both breakaways.
The only real hope for the UDM is the breakaway or expulsion of the EETPU from the TUC, which would probably aiso inspire the AEU to follow them and form some alternative TUC.
The UDM fits in well with these people is prepared to sacrifice principles for money.
new chair of British Coal, Sir Haslam, built his career on industrial relations. Even he will realise that it is better to deal with one union. The coal owners and government realised this in the Spencer era.
The NUM must make a strong stand and force the NCB to disband their puppet the "new working patterns" out of the and table it for separate
The deal ha been recommended for with no previous involvement of the workforce at all. The only major plant to press for rejection was the Cowley Body Plant, where the leadership was mandated that way by the shop stewards.
The new right wing leadership in the Cowley Asembly Plant would not allow even the shop stewards in that plant to the deal and pressed for acceptance at the JNC. They were fully supported by the Communist Party-led delegation from Longbridge.
There will now be mass meetings in most of the plants for information
A stockpile of BL Maestros.