10,000 bakers join wages offensive

BAKERS' union officials are to meet ployers today to discuss the north-wes workers' strike, which has grown strike. through the week.

Yet another section of lower-paid workers has joined the wages offensive.

By Wednesday, more than 10,000 bakery workers had struck on Merseyside, in Manchester and North Staffordshire.

The strikers have rejected the 25s. to 30s. agreed earlier this month by the unions and employers and are demanding an extra 22 a week.

In the Manchester area about six bakeries were out involving several thousand Bread shops there either had to ration bread to one loaf a customer or had no supplies at all.

More than 1,000 Liverpool bakers voted at a meeting on Wednesday to continue their Some bakeries are being other stat, but only restricted supplies are being produced.

WOMEN

OUT Five hundred women workers at the Champion bakery, Stoke-on-Trent, held a one-day strike on Tuesday against the use of non-union labour to load cakes.

The management later admitted its 'mistake ' and agreed to pay the women for the time that they were striking.

the em. bakery rapidly MERSEY A MASS meeting of Liverpool bakers on Wednesday voted solidly to continue the strike.

There was a roar of 'NO!' when the area secretary of the Bakers' Union told the strikers to return. Thursday, October 30 Help is urgently needed in the YOUNG SOCIALISTS' campaign for candidate Please contact Central Committee Rooms.

VOTE FOR FRANK WILLIS Assemble Gorse Hill recreation ground SWINDON be using the Standard strike as a lever in the present procedure i negotiations with the AEF.

The union is negotiating for new procedure agreement under which they want the restoration of the status luo while negotiations on any lispute proceed The stewards feel the company may argue disputes like have not gone through proce the Standard which dure, should be barred by the ano clauseturn for the status DANGEROUS concession This would be a dangerous part and should certainly be resisted.

The Birmingham call is an important step towards united action combine' workers against the spreading of indiscriminate lay-ofs and ches in rate British Lendand All car workers should give it their fullest support.

The shop stewards' decision also sets the scene for the All Trade Unions Alliance car workers' onference, to be held in Birmingham o November 8 confe workers from al motor plants to discus strategy meet austry crisis in the car inBY-ELECTION FRANK WILLIS Sa Milton Road, Swindon phone: Swindon 20570 YOUNG SOCIALISTS DEMONSTRATION This Saturday, October 25 Meeting Town Hall 4 p.m.