Closure threat succeeds
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-05-12Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 14 →
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YET another threat of plant clo sure by BL management has borne fruit - in the form of a climbdown by unions on a savage pay and productivity package.
A mess meeting in Grantham on Thursday, May 5 had initially rejected the ultimatum by bosses at Aveling-Barford, a BL subsidiary, that they accept the deal or face the sacking of 800 out of 1,100 hourly-paid workers.
The mood was so solid that a Central TV team was unable to find a worker prepared to oppose the decision.
Yet the issuing of redundancy notices brought a retreat, and a second mass meeting agreed to accept the deal for a five month Every such retseat not only worsens conditions and axes jobs in the plants concerned, but further encourages BL and other employees to back up their every demand with the threat of closure.