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Socialist Organiser1983 1983-11-10Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 15 →
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"To join or affiliate, write to Chris Richardson, 21 Devonshire Promenade, Lenton, Nottingham NG7 2DS. £5 for individuals, or for affiliated organi tions, per 1,000 members. £2 for low-waged indivi¡duals. £1 for unwaged. Add 50p if you want the *National Conference of® Rank and File Residential Social Workers, called by Nottinghamshire Branch Action Committee, Queen's Walk Community Centre, starting at 10.30 am on Friday 11 November. Contact Nottingham 810405 for details. builders on their own, reporting rep back to the rest of the occasionally.
'Survival Throughout the 13 hours of "talks', Murray and Ferry kept coming out with offers of cash if the yards accepted British Shipbuilders Survival Plan, which came out of the October 4 negotiations and was rejected by the yards.
The final offer to come out was £7 to be paid to those workers who complied with national/local productivity/survival packages, to be worked out by Murray, Ferry, and British Shipbuilders at a meeting on Wednesday, November 9.
It is proposed that if agreement is gained in all the yards by December 15, then the £7 will be paid backdated to September.
If any group of workers does not come up with the agreed standards of flexibility/productivity, then British Shipbuilders have the right to stop the £7 being paid.
Insult All of the lay delegates present supported this deal as being the best that could be achieved. Not once during negotiations were British Shipbuilders told that the redundancy and closure notices could be withdrawn.
This offer is seen as an insult, and reaction from the lyne and Merseyside is that the SNC is trying to sell us out again despite their bluff and bluster about action. The written reports about what went on between Murray, Ferry and British Shipbuilders should be in the yards by Wednesday, November 9 and that is when most stewards meetings will take place. The indication is that the rank and file are angry about Campaign for Gay Rights
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