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join the strike and the next day (Tuesday) 5,000 day shift , workers, who had been laid off simply stayed away.
So the prospects look good for the Longbridge strikers in their fight for adequate rest periods. The main task now is to organise strong picketing to prevent E and A series engines reaching Cowley.
As CAB1 Stewards' Committee chairman John Ryan told SO, "We've been beaten the company decisively now. The next step is to build on that victory, strengthen the picketing and close down the whole plant." TGWU general secretary Moss Evans intervened in the Longbridge dispute on Tuesday 1st - with a proposed deal that would torpedo it.
The deal concedes only a delay in the reduction of relaxation allowance time - something that was on offer at the start of the dispute.
Meanwhile, the dispute was. strengthened by a declaration from Midlands TGWU lorry drivers that they would not cross the picket lines.
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