'Biggest fight ever'-DATA offi United fight at Rolls is urgent LEADERS OF THE Confederation of Ship- building and Engineering Unions yesterday

attitude' against DATA EMPLOYERS in several areas are 'adopting a new and more aggressive attitude because they feel Rolls-Royce has us fully stretched', says Draughtsmen's Association assistant president Mike Cooley.

At one Scottish factory union members had been told the company was refusing to pay a £2-a-week increase under the second stage of an established agreement.

Management speculated that the union could not take it on because of its Rolls commit• Striking draughtsmen at Croydon's AGI Management have been fighting for the reinstatement of three sacked fellow-union members for the last six weeks.

Violation

But claims from officials of both the Amalgamated Engineers and Foundryworkers and DATA that the dispute is over management violation of Department of Employment and Productivity, criteria for negotiating redundancies have SO far prevented a united struggle of all sections to win back the men's jobs.

• DATA members operating a work-to-rule at Reyrolle's Hebburn research and development section on the NE coast face a sack threat unless they resume normal working.

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A motion supporting government policy of seeking membership in the Common Market 'if satisfactory terms can be obtained' was passed on a show of hands.

Minister responsible for Common Market negotiations Geoffrey Rippon said:

'There is no soft option open to us. We face increasing competition whether inside or outside?

Independence for Britain was a myth he went on. 'We should remember our obligations to NATO, to the International Monetary Fund and GATT • 'Even if food prices do rise, do not think the government will be indifferent or inactive. We shall take whatever measures are necessary to cushion the impact on penIcent with 'strings' tered 88 Office. 186a Lon i by Pli dapham threat to lock out 3,000 draughtsmen.

For the past 12 weeks, 1,000 Draughtsmen's Association members at the company's Coventry plants have already been locked out in what the union — according to yesterday's issue of the weekly 'DATA News' —believes to be 'the toughest industrial confrontation of the year' Some 1,200 draughtsmen at Bristol and 1,300 at Glasgow and Leavesden, near Watford, are to join them on Monday because they refuse to accept the company's 7-per' The "strings "Pay offer.

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One speaker against the motion was worried that membership would lead to a situa• tion 'where our Queen is inferior to a politically motivated European President'. & newspaper at the ublished by Workers lapham High Street, ion, S.W.4. ugh Press Ltd. (TU). ligh Street, London, ATA treasurer Ron Whitel union's Richmond headquarters before leaving for yester day's meeting.

hard-won ra-e on ulan dieions andaleomensers ODS We GON T stane up this assault, the winning wages coprose bers will be destroyed Jong come-this is the biggest thing we've ever faced.' Conditions Conditions Rolls Walll to impose at its Bristol comnley include a 12-month pay freeze, job-evaluation and sharing of trade union conition with a second technical union.

time — in its other plants- -the company is pressing for:

Alternative-shift working. Comparison of actual recoroed acnevemeds ana vica astimares taske Co-operating on the use new mechanized and combules cul pilicil. verecove use of daily exercises. tim They ve said these "strings" performing are neconaoe. DAA aSSISTant président Mike Cooley told us at Richmond Bristol asked what this me at _cíc 15 mean cev were pre. pared to withdraw them- -the answer prepared to that they to talk about weiC another method which we orelses it ve colla say what tor our Bu as tar a" DATA is Cot once rose hou so for pald o- cerned. we do not accept the of nroductivity , Gezl:

1 cas ut of th €800,00 million „ıve coun's eeiry roblem if their profits are going down.

Not true "To say they can't afford to because round insisting We had ant crease In those year whet profits were good, which was certainly not the case But it is not just draughts Ron o e. who are under attack by At Coventry's Parkside and Ansty plants, the company has used the involvement of workstiny engineers in the lock out as a cover for suspending piecework system sistem and netroducing timerate ovmeni Manuel-worker steward point out that while thi Measured- Day approximates to Work norm of effort is attached to the rate-it could become a And proposed Bristol Strings make Cezr thał kols includes an attemp er ans, ma chine-seters This is what would happen ceptance computer terms OTO. posed. One Coventry that Rols ti steward felt was DATA's policy of restrictine acron ts its plants should be able to select the ground it's union and Son se Miy ur mebcr 0 don one wea stould hares suffer heavy financial penaltie bent mecr all inta country in the long term them totaly heavily Ensuialy. have SunDOM • national confronta tion is recognize the for us.

dangers here we ve together with 4h e Poundayword s and ethe con stmnchonal SAmatgamated Unnon of Engine But 'many Rolls ste or -continue to feel that combany took account of DATA' iraditional policy.

Insist that there mus now be a united struggle of al company's the workers setback.

DATA Treasurer

Ron Whiteley Assistant President Mike Cooley discu A STATEMENT iss by the United Secreta uriat of the Fourth In iternational on September has rejected proposals a joint discussion m recently by Socia Labour League secre G. Healy.

This is justified on grounds that the way has defined the political di fferences in the past is so sl harp that it makes discus ision impossible.

Our purpose in see king discussion with the Un lited Secretariat is based ipon fundamental cha: nges ta situatplace in e in class struggle becoming more and nore predominant in iles of lajor Europe.

In every case the w orking class is coming on scene and nterin aren a of revoluti nary growing iumdent movement of the wor king class which is decisive for the building of mass i Trotskyist parties.

Questions

Because of these deve elopments growie number is of attracted People Trotsky young are sing vism.

Invariably they ask ame question ) What are the po itical differences that keep United Secretariat and International Comm ittee apart?

2) Since Trotsk yism emerged in a perior I of defeat for the working c class, is it not possible to rediscuss these difference es in this fundamentally new situation in order to cl larify that class :ount Secret not. it is the hi nited more important that Healy and thers should pubicly and confess the wrong in earlier poli itical confrontations?

It is, therefore, no accimyet of September 19° dent that in their statethey never mention Sition. on of and evil ways. They turn their the new orces coming towards Trotsk: yism.

Butal this has a his In 1963 when the international Committee Wa anted to continue discussio in it which broke it offecre was the Unified tariat In doing So they over-