Workers Press no. 315

INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER • MONDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1970 • NUMBER 315 THE DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE E1,250 NoV we rISeS TO £1,164 8s 90 total yet! Post your d 186a Claphan Aighted ENOCH POYELL Is SoWIy London, SW4. the MP Fermanagh anchort orone Lic RUE Colon thick cordon Diamond, co yards In airs fast, is gathered chant- mol which includes Frank lowed to go-base Ornotter taek in his dad.

BY JOHN SPENCER

Bint's Industrial REover TEN GOOD reasons for fighting to force the Tory government to resign were listed by Labour leader Harold Wilson in his Bloomsbury speech at the weekend.

The Tory attack on mistaken. all workers garnered the momentum weekend with the pros- pect of import levies producing drastic food To grapher Ande Rote price rises from next *Powell is the first figure April, just two months mas tried try after Decimal Day He which will undoubtedly cantary pe it in the is still result in 'rounding-up' part of the Tory ol prices. ment and he is going for milk products will be first hot label pop dists be Poets

BY STEPHEN JOHNS

WORKERS in Liverpool charged the government this weekend with attempting to break up the Mersey backing from the lower Docks and Habour Board and middle class. lorcing It to sent lls most lucialive inton to are mo mad investments to ABOUT 60 civil rights sup- of the Tories decision no eXer 1969-19700 8.2 per cent compare Films spark hases righte the inst 3 that yesterday he average executive, Greek Then there is the Bill. eport shows, gets four Hat Pin his searia for wing clashes that i, but ten question! expense class malancy by or time

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GREEK

Workers unines He leave Did the Lord Ma Leave the a clashed at Tory policie answer cuts like Powell silence is standardea make what comin Powell the lucra an assets to the shipoeness SECONDARY school teachers throughout questioning. France are due to start a 48-hour strike this released later. morning agalnst excessive nours or work, Over twas the first major stre exploit working mos. size classes and the government's refusal to Exposed plot recr sumeient qualied Slall.

reply som call brothe a martial la it a shatter industr are in pubic any Governmen banned the an Guichar - at the end ana, were beltes ensi The Sawberry Saten toughs Does he really e do kersite accused where it was scand where ent when dockers ward mish, sanc i indulge their shower tet wing tuden designed demonstrations in US univer nees provocative ando vir- this He does noes be tattlim applaudec Pro Tre us shove in the extreme right-wing organiz Lovement which posi e the hands spo government stand against governe spea NLF steps Ordaz Workers that was and condi empts government. clalan up attacks Tonition whit

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hands over in South Provocations

PSF REJECT MDW

The attacks on education ers into the arms or ton vocations by fascists against Theaders BRUSH- DYLAND carworkers from Oxford's Pressed-Steel Fisher body plant yesterday defied the company's implied ne us Firebase simmons, 10 the Fires nables ating, Pare seen doze on bar proposals for a Measured-Dar Work Day scheme by e substantial majority. organizing ann removed at w spot immedi more critical, future man see MD Wat Chryster-page 3.

time. The daily paper that leads the Tory government PRICE 6d. FLEET ST press lords yesterday backed up their legal bid to stop printers striking on December 8 with a witch-hunting attack on its organizers.

BY DAVID MAUDE

Most Sunday newspapers, But big it undoubtedly however, were also forced strikes, over ment claimed the will be the December 8 ston.

to report the cause of their page can remain a safety-valve That security protest unless its main aim fright: latest estimates that men have now estanished that militant extremists are moving orcing the union leaders over a million workers may around the country from working- lass movement in take part in the stoppage in action to sup- against the Tories' forth- the nationwide one-

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coming Industrial Relations ddy surike. Where the 'Express' was Bill. but menacing - and

DECEMBER

Stepped-up police activity compete ackne anvee might the was that conceivanu unions reported described as hard news- 'Sunday -the Express' tue Sunday Telegraph' got down

EIGHTH

Under the flimsy and almost to cases. totaly misedin headilne London trousle-haired 'Go-anywhere men whip up worker vho was sacked from Ford's Dagenham

ALL TRADES

Communist

UNIONS ALLIANCE

Tactory troublemaker seven vears 200 cripple threatens to ritain Meeting on December what his party cor against proposals, it The postmen have Com- Defence shown the way Trade Unions chairman Kevin anti-union defeat the organizer Halpin as the chiel ot the "action day' strike' Make the trade union the paper went on to produce the ng that Leaders fight the Woriet Tories! Force the gov ernment to resign! linked IWC'-was accused by a pits'

TUESDAY

reader earler DECEMBER 8, 5 p.m. month of Whinning in fever among mineworkers. The Lecture Hall

CONTEMPTIBLE

Central Hails Westminster attacks Roth -are equally contemptible. Speakers: yet, it neither illegal G. HEALY (National Sec- if even retary of Socialist Labour December the sloppare seek SUDDOIL TOr Leacue, THORNETT (Deputy amongst oiner sections workers. Senior Steward Morris Supporters of the Liaison Motors, Oxford) Committee. the All Trades bodies have every right to her Unions Alliance and any G. CAUGHEY (Chairman Pilkington's Rank and However the File Committee) 'Express' re- T. SWEENEY (Chairman

DOLL

attemors UD the paper's London Councilworkers' SUDDOTi among class nredominant v middle Liaison Committee) readership for the Tories Chairman: taking this right away. WILKINS (ATUA Sec- disturbing retary) ery of police-state surveillance Admission 2s is already in paranon againsu une working cass Something for everyone at the YOUNG SOCIALISTS

GIANT XMAS BAZAAR

Saturday December 12 Corn Exchange Leeds DOORS OPEN AT 11 a.m. Visit Aladdin and his Toys — Bingo — Books — Raffles — Plants - Can-Can Records Portraits - Xmas Gifts Candy Floss YS Boutique - Bottle Draw - Food Bargains - Lucky Straws White Elephant - Instant Photo Babies' Clothes - Punch 'N' Judy - Home-made Food - Fruit Machines — Childrens' Clothes - Alligator's Head - Xmas Decorations — Father Christmas All the best jumble - Teas & Refreshments — Scarves, Hats & Gloves — Hot Dogs, Hamburgers — Stalls Sideshows

What We think Powell demagogy lines up forces

ENOCH POWELL

tiger. Iworkers says, indon Loved to has Over thee back on bead Conservatives neross Industria Reaven. He's of course, mistaken But a at moter do lie be Thorapher Andrew Roth Ponders tory a populist mass banding he inorga zed er raid and the i so the tower middle class. * inchese keeker then no nion who injurec Then there is the Bill. deviou Here Powell treads a path restation, Br in desirestol then asks quesuon Chine i He leaves he ha He towel ener if him! studied 1і тран exploit workinge rass. loiters The tear of tha Does indulge 'lawless marchyran Hee me noes it tal wise hand those de leadership. sense Powell's brand tactic. trighten can the Powerlites Mr Victor Feather n reasonable stating, Alite same can be mobilized and atm e. critical, future moLe workers press

INCORPORAȚING THE NEWSLETTER •

MONDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1970 • NUMBER 315

THE DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE E1,250 Now As Tories attack wages Appeal Fund rises to Top men's £1,164 8s 9d Ed left vin so right salaries the whate musk car and • KaIst forward to Street, on marries nearly 2,00 soar the Northern NEERA CHil McMannus

BY JOHN SPENCER

TEN GOOD reasons for fighting to force the Tory government to resign were listed by Labour leader Harold Wilson in his Bloomsbury speech at the weekend.

The Tory attack on workers gathered Forced the weekend with the pros- of import levies

DECL

selling producing drastic fond price tises next . TrON April, just two months of Mersey Day, аттет which will undoubtedly result in "rounding-up' docks? of prices.

BY STEPHEN JOHNS

WORKERS in Liverpool charged the government this weekend with attempting to break up the Mersey and Docks and Habour Board forcing it to sell its most lucrative investments to private enterprise. accusations follow the starve Films spark O'Sullivan Le save seren-year sen- Be S Greek tence for arms charges. British prisoners is in tom clashes generous French teachers of demon: + ring he standard are it id by thee seament answer cuts mean of him Woodstook? ramilies in industry and thei the cou film tive assets to the shipowners".

in education Tani darestrae is tried Lease i denized Several arrested are given SECONDARY school teachers throughout rrance are aue to start a to-nour strike tnis Anti-un sought released later. recently morning against excessive hours of work, over- It was the first major street size classes and the government's refusal to volutionat recruit sufficient qualified staff.

Exposed plot anne and pavate orapise and a The end of tast ibsent throu • were the while nego Serenad Heath sand industrial y ectione ory results were still under feelings demonstrate attacks by But I do not recall tha NLF steps Ordaz 6 vermillite up attacks

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and conditions hands over in South Provocations

PSF REJECT MDW

go handracks nd educati BRITISH-LEYLAND carworkers from Oxford's Pressed-Steel sit and centre or Lea Fisher hody nant vesterday denied the company's imbled threat of redundancies in the combine and rejected its for a Measured-Day Work pay scheme by a proposals substantar majority. ned anoist "MaD W at Chrysler'-page 3.

pected possessing The daily paper that leads the fight against the Tory government PRICE 6d. printers stripies on De yesterda back a tip ther liga bad to stop organizers.

BY DAVID MAUDE

Most Sunday newspapers, But big as it undoubtedly however, were also forced strikes ober pan claimed will be, the : December 8 stop- paper to report the cause of their that chen have now established mat page can remain a satety-valve protest unless its main aim is fright: latest estimates that militant extremists are moving forcing the uniondacts over a million workers may around ne Country onle moonze une enure take part in the stoppage Inausulal sile anotnel cass rovemen mo action to sup- attempt

TO WID

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against the Tories' forth- port for the nationwide one- day strike. coming Industrial Relations Where was the "HenresS" Bill. vague and menacing - but

DECEMBER

completely lacking in Stepped-up police activity in the by unions was reported the Sunday Express'.

EIGHTH

Under the flimsy and almost Sunday lelegraph got dowt totally lo cases 'A London Go-anywhere whip Trouse-naired Lich Shiovard wOrKer who Was sacked from Ford's Dagenham

ALL TRADES

factory Communist

UNIONS ALLIANCE

troublemaker seven threatens cripple December Meeting priest tens party nans Carls government s proposals.' it Dasnine sald. The Com- postmen have idee tor the Lialson Defence shown the way mittee tor Trade Unions chairman Kevir defeat the anti-union Ha pie then the 'chief laws! Make the trade union leaders fight the herring Tories! Force the gov- silicly, 1cu Insucute or workers control ernment to resign! with the

TUESDAY

union leader DECEMBER 8, 5 p.m. month 'of whipping up strike fever among mineworkers'. The Lecture Hall Central Halls

CONTEMPTIBLE

Westminster these equally itemptittacks Both dic Speakers : neither illegal no yel ll Is G. HEALY (National Sec- sup- even remarkable retary of Socialist Labour porters

COE

Loe December stoppage seek support for League) amongst other sections of THORNETT (Deputy Senior Steward Morris Supporters the the Liaison Motors, Oxford) Committee, Trades Unions Alliance and any other G. CAUGHEY (Chairman Pilkington's Doures Have every ment to do Rank and 'Express' re- File Committee) However the T. SWEENEY (Chairman whip the London Counciworkers middle class Liaison Committee) Tories Chairman: aw dy. A. WILKINS (ATUA Sec- confirmation that the machin- retary) er or Donce-state survelance is already in operation against Admission 2s the working Something for everyone at the YOUNG SOCIALISTS

GIANT XMAS BAZAAR

Saturday December 12 Corn Exchange Leeds DOORS OPEN AT 11 a.m. Visit Aladdin and his Toys — Bingo — Books - Ratfles — Plants - Can-Can Records - Portraits — Xmas Gifts — Candy Floss - YS Boutique - Bottle Draw - Food Bargains - Lucky Straws White Elephant - Instant Photo - Babies' Clothes - Punch 'N' Judy - Home-made Food — Fruit Machines - Childrens' Clothes — Alligator's Head — Xmas Decorations — Father Christmas — All the best jumble - Teas & Refreshments Scarves, Hats & Gloves — Hot Dogs, Hamburgers - Stalls - Sideshows

PAGE WO

In two parts:

PART ONE

received fl million in training IN THE balmy days of more the come. In ot Meet 1,000 Will Pace endead Birkenhead grant

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Then respective the mid-1960s, when un- operations at Ellesmere Port employment wobbled dancies and Halewood). when Cadbury-Schweppes around the comforting culpluyels But this public munincance has made little impact Inalze arrangelicils u alls or no low of 2 per cent, Mersey- on basic problems of the chocolate Droauculor side's jobless problem was their other plant on the wirral.

area. 'When there is a statement put down to 'operational When development it will be made made mismatch' by desk-men at 157,60 earnest will was first told ted Timothy n 1966 un- Cad- the labour exchange. those attectea, Now employed on Merseyside. informed no-doubt

OUTY

In other words there was mere are aouole cat amoun grateful labour force on ine cole no basic problem beyond the pending penury via the local Youth unemployment has press. difficulties of dealing with Cadbury redundancies risen rom a montniy average Liverpool's large unskilled deepen the gathering gloom in the boom' its present employment Merseyside to working population, secuous level and like of which apparently spent scent statistics concer During 1969 and 1970 2,500 longish periods on the dole with unemployment on Jost toeir lobs with the run- seyside the still for no reason other than their cown of knoish rectric tac.

ories at Netherton and on th on cue up. inherent lack of 'geographic Over a quarter men and or occupational mobility.

Dunlops celebrated the women on une dole nave beer 5.0

OUT

WOrk over months and an eighth for over a year. Though employers have received, mainly from the Labour: government, per- 4.0 job created over the last years, and though employ. for 35,000 ment Deel 3.5 job: wel created.

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tota over this amount. This halt with the natural increase working inteady deation 3.0 meant deterioration employment prospects 2.5 versevsice workers. As Arthur Boreham, mall ager or liverpoo emplovmeni exchange, candidly commented 2.0 development the 1.5 overall unemployment position gradually until then things have 1.0 steadily got worse. that cconomIsts Clalia Mersevside is now better able • stand the gales of depres- 0.5 the .1930s sion than it was Then industry revolved around its ancillary 0.0 the port 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Y.1962 63 austries 1ooa-stulls.

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1935 call mere 9500 lats and mere 2000

FIGURES ARE FOR SEPT. IN EACH YEAR

were employed in engineering 131,000 were Unemployment in the Liverpool this sector employed in travel to work district ›o, say lne economists Merseyside Dowment more diversified. But new engineering indus- Unemployment in the has been attracted only try Merseyside Development Area It was in these rather anti- Year ov cosine user remoulc plant in Speke, , Liverpool, and septic terms that the misery Rockware Garston of unemployment was axed the begin- described. ning This of limited Now, in a year that has seen Collapst Drosperity Is despite Massive percentares los even we scale goe capitat oni sane sides of peak of unemployment aurine capital both sides the winter ot 1962-1903, even the River Mersey. the dullest counter clerk at the hat Merses Yearly aid grateful exchange exploiters barise de the side has lose of th a nasty. paid at lessiols This also reanzanon 1965 shared in a more direct and Massive the unpleasant manner the non nana-out maut 33,284 workers who now trail last _LaDour covernment the labour in investment grants, regional each Merseyside premiums, Selec- exchanges

(SET)

aevelopment arca. plethora refunds and Over a quarter of these have additional perks been recruited to the dole in this year alone, and there is • v duxnall anu Fill in the form below and send to NATIONAL

LEAGUE,

SECRETARY,

SOCIALIST

LABOUR

186A CLAPHAM HIGH ST, LONDON, SW4.

Address

WORKERS PRESS

the river acro Mtay riy announced mas- ive losses and persuaded the Labour government to rescue them from total closure. 1968-69 * 50 million in total aid to Merseyside Now Lairds have full order books. ingt wAS y. fact never b,om under local tracts, employment act (now balf state-owned) 20,4m in industrial might meet grants with response from this government. If Lairds do go the w 18 m regional 8, th• temkeit ad employment single biggest the yard is premiums employer in the town. impy chat he not remarks meant to Tory 4,5

S.E.T.

private rest in tralning and other grants does come into the working class cipine depression PEss Si

B TO BE PHASED OUT AND FINALLY ABOLISHED IN 1974

C TO BẸ ABOLISHED

D TRAINING GRANTS TO BE CURTAILED

BBC 1

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ENTERTAINING WITH KERR.

car Harbour told hat ampes suadea ine larze area nas sette in vide jobs otop over. ran one 23,00 moted there will be

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the govern- спашріся AE NINE CLOCK NEWS and weather menut ra Board and the will have tne Doom fast disappearing own paying-oft a cur- DRAMA PLAYHOUSE. 'The Betrienders'. With Faith HDrink A Tast To Dear Old Dada Ah 17 yekr ond rent f3 year's government hand- million last out was over f58 million, outcome орега- Dut is ariven to leave nome by nis parenıs aevelooment bolcy une 1ones plan evencu

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THE HIGH CHAPARRAL. 'A Matter of Survival".

8.00 8.50 CALL MY BLUrr HORIZON. 'Mind the Machine'. The growth of machine in- 10.05 RANDY NEWMAN in concert.

10.45 LATE NIGHT LINE-UP.

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!

6.45 and bulk 7.30

CORONATION STREET.

8.00

WORLD IN ACTION

THE S ABOUT TOWN.

."Settlement Day'. construction

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of Liverpool LATE NIGHT THRILLER. 'Port Afrique'. With Pier Phil his wi. dea d. docks Rip Reardon returns to nis nome in morocco to 12.10 a.m. PARTICULAR CHURCHES.

REGIONAL

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1971. IÍ a.m.

Young Socialists and

ALKMA NURAR

All Trades Unions Alliance

PALACE

GREAT NATIONAL

Wood Green

RALLY AGAINSI

TORYISM

BOOK THIS DATE NOW!

Monday, November 30, 1970

AERSEYSIDE

the capitalist class. There will come a point for that closed-and this is the meaning of Mr Powell's re- marks when he says he would have allowed Rolls-Royce to 'go bust'. And he certainly represents an element of Tory sentiment.

With deeper crisis on the cards, a show-down between the government and the Mer- seyside working class over re- dundancies is inevitable.

It may come in Lairds or it may be the Docks Board that is first to shut the gates.

But faced with such an at- tack on their standards workers can only fight back with the political demand for nationaliz- ation of bankrupt firms under workers' control. The crisis, the unemploy- ment, the sweep of redundan- cies up and down the river spell the end of the notorious rank-and-filism of the Mer- seyside workers. Politics are now thrust upon them. • Continued tomorrow. Walter Pidgeon and Anne Francis. For Professor Morbius and twenty years his meadoned on the planet Altair. 2.is daughter Altaira Weather. HTV (West) colour channel 61 as above exceput: 4.16-4.18 Report West: 6.23-6.45 This is the West this week.

HTV (Wales) HTV (Cymru/Wales) black and white service above except: 6.01-6.23 Y dydd. 8.00-8.30 Yr wythnos.

ANGLIA:

10.58-2.58 London. 4.25 News. 4.35 Romper room. 4.55 Bugs 5.15 Timeslip. Bunny. 5.50 London. 6.00 About Anglia. 6.40 London. 10.30 Probe. 11.00 Love American style. 11.55 Farming diary. 12.20 Other faiths. ATV MIDLANDS: 11.00-2.58 London.

5.M5 Timeslip. 5.50 London. 6.00 ATe Romper Phoenix five. 5.20 Timelip. 5.50 Lon- London, 6.00 UTV reports.

6.15 Mona McCluskey. 6.45 London. 10.30 Mon- day 10.35 Movie: 'First Man night. n Snace' With. Marshall Thompson Marla Landi. Bill Edwards and Robert Ayres. Science fiction thriller.

YORKSHIRE: 11.00-2.58 London. 4.15 London. 4.30 Matinee. 4.55 Rovers. 5.20 Timeslip. 5.50 London. 6.00 Cal- endar, weather. 6.15 University chal- lenge. 6.45 London. 10.30 Name of the game, 11.55 Weather.

GRANADA: 11.00-3.00

London, 4.10 News. Peyton Place. 4.40 Anita in jumbleland. 4.55 Skippy. 5.15 Time- All our yesterdays. 60L Six-o-one. 6.10 10.30 our yesterdays. 6.40 London.

Jniversity challenge. 11.00 Homicide News 4.15 Mad .0ozies. 4-40 Anita 10 jumbleland. 4.55 Stingray Time- 5.50 London. 45 London. 6.00 Todav at six. Sportstime. 10.30 Face the press. 11.00 Aquarius. 11.45 News. 12 midnight Epilogue.

BORDER:

1.38-2.48 London. 4.10 News. 4.12 High living. 4.40 Anita in 4.55 Toe jumbleland. 90. 5.20 Time- slip. 5.50 London. 6.00 News.

Look- London. 610530 Tales of halese: 11:00 London. 10.30 Tales of unease. Aquarius. 11.45 News, weather.

SCOTTISH:

11.00-2.58 London. Women today: Horoscope, 25 Castle haven. 4.55 Cap- tain Scarlet. 5.15 Timeslip.

don. 6.00 Dateline. 6.40 London. 10.30 Debate. 11.15 Late call. GRAMPIAN: 10.58-2.58 London.

3.49 3.52 Women today. 4,15 Lon- 4.55 Skippy. 4.25 High living. Sies TimeS.p. 5.50 London.

6.00 News. weather 6.40 Cartoon. London. 10.30 University challenge. 11.00 Talk about sex.

Monday, November 30, 1970 DO YOU WORK as hard now as you did under piecework? YES, THERE IS no doubt about this at all. The proof of this is the now less workers in the fac- ory and more cars being pro uced than when the agree HOW ARE your lines laid out for Measured-Day Work? THIS IS DONE by giving each man a 'man-assignment' This is the amount of work each man is expected to do.

The company puts a stop- watch on the job and decides how long each job should take. They then give you work based on this, i.e. if the line was running at 30 per hour would give you two they minutes' work on each car based on their timings-which are not mutually agreed. The timings make no differ- ence to your money, of course, which is a fixed rate.

DO YOU HAVE disputes about this? YES. THE Imp and Arrow line was manned originally for a programme of 52 per hour, but ran at only 46—yet the 'man- assignments' were fixed by the company so that each man had more or less a full effort.

In other words, the man- ning for 52• was only a theo- retical figure. The company then came forward and said that they wanted to increase the pro- gramme to 52. As far as we are concerned this is impos- sible — but under the agree- of course, they have ment, the right to do it. WHY did you let them get away with it? Surely you should have taken action at the time you were laid out at 42, and made sure you only had work equal to the pro- gramme? YES. MAYBE we should have had a dispute at that time, but under our system ettort is not connected to money. Our members tend to take the view that since they can hold the work at that time, and money is not involved, why worry. This is wrong, but a fact of life under MDW. You see, the whole thing is a con trick. When your time goes in it can be held, but you have sold your availability time. CAN THE company change a 'man-assign- ment' once it is fixed? YES. THEY can do this when- ever they like. If they notice that someone 'easy time' has an opinion, they. usually wait until a change of some sort takes place and put this right, right as far as they're concerned, that is. 'We have nothing left to sell ... the prob

AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS SPEED-UP

CHRYSLER

STEWARDS

SLAM

MEASURED-

DAY WORK

BRITISH-LEYLAND motor workers in the union leaders, Lowry's document is knowr by the v face a determined new push Midland. low tor tactical sweeleners sucn as s with raditional muon car ana bus alien mahany voer marr top management to replace their rare contemptuous of such forms of Measured Day ter precework None of the main for cutes aste system nanted in star drone los or sheress Lowry inaustral relations arrector rar after has produced a 13-point, 36-page strategy- company's proposals for Oxford's seeing the Leyland chairman Lord Stokes in his battle but when you come vidiecause • The end of "mutuality".

their workers i arred nau-rates. abolition of negotiation • Complete their int empires the eminion ot about wages! fitabilitu 5,000 workers all its 18. expected numbers milton -0 nose dead zero. britain s on remain- pare createn ar giant is desperate. rese tone - betrate Cer menions Genera ress 20 tons 75(as be and the seans eric she the est Wat in the Mind bei co he crucial moment; a task which they pe editors reproduc Work at Chryster's after ton oood plant too-cod-a-halt years agore.

wood last and-a ba rears am of these leasurea". and-a-half years. the HOW DID they get this tor of that would be a Known as system in the factory? so-called arrived the . Donus. basis of earnings u company's various products.

account

WELL,

THEY

USED

Antical Bonus pod" under From actual payroll • This for sick ceductions are made Thin plecework and mus actual lablur aholished createc time and owner non-producuve costs for a par- time, holiday reached and put in month drop thus Its place a system ucular

UCIUW

the factory abour costs participating whole ngure covering factory skilled from sweepers to men arnings eligible for bonus sales for that month The this results were The percentage used ls immeciate. we go from here?' Below: The Rootes plant at Linwood, Scotland

WORKERS PRESS

It enabled the Pressed-Steel company (who owned the fac- tory at this time) to turn a £1,500,000 loss in 1962 into a £1,500,000 profit in 1963. The got worse for the system workpeople, who actually ended up-instead of getting bonus - owing the company money. A big conflict blew up and the system was changed to

MDW.

Out of the frying-pan into the fire! WHAT IS your opinion of MDW now that you are on it? ONE OF the assembly workers made the point very clearly: 'There is only one place for MDW as far as I am con- cerned-out the door'. HOW MUCH break time do you get on the lines? SEVEN-and-a-half minutes in the morning, and the same in the afternoon. DO YOU get shut out? WE HAVE been laid off con- tinually in the past. We have just concluded a new agreement on shut-outs, which will give us an eight- day guarantee against external shut-outs at the rate of f17 10s per week-just above the dole.

This agreement is little use because the company can just work the same old fiddle: keep us in for three days to earn our £17 10s, and then shut us out for the other two. There is also a clause which suspends the agreement in the HAS MDW given you security of employment? NO. EIGHTEEN months after MDW went in, they sacked Imps on the track at Linwood 800 and we went on short time for three months. The agreement promised security it was a fraud. ARE THERE any points we have missed? YES. REJECT content. You should know that the com- pany has a very strict policy on reject content off the line.

They will often shut out a sec- tion for the rest of a shift if the reject content is bad, and does not improve after warn- ings. ARE THE company strict on lateness? YES, DEAD strict. They have to be when they have cut the manning levels down to the bone as they have here. Below are extracts from the company document on the matter:

LATENESS AND ABSENCE

1. Lateness offence. AN employee will have committed a lateness offence if • He is late without prior permission for a total of 60 minutes during any four-week period, or • He is late without prior permission on more than three occasions during any four- week period for more than two minutes on each occasion.

2. Absence offence. An employee will have com- mitted an absence offence if he is absent without prior permis- sion for 4 hours or one half shift. 3. Penalties. First offence (verbal warn- ing). Second (written offence warning). Third offence (final warn- ing.) Fourth offence (liable to dis- missal).

PAGE THREE

CHRYSLER (UK), SCOTLAND

Wage Grading and Productivity Plan

OBJECTIVES

• To secure a long-term agreement ensuring a period of stable, understanding management union rela- good, and tionships in which improvements in productivity and work- ing practice achieved with fullest co-operation can from the trade unions and their members. In return the company guarantee regular and defined improvements in both wages, fringe benefits and conditions of employment for hourly rated employees.

• To adopt a common method of payment for all hourly rated productivity operators. This form of payment, known as high day rate or controlled day rate, to be identical with the payment system successfully adopted in the south plant some 18 months ago. • To introduce a unified graded wage structure for all hourly rated employees. • To establish new union-management consultative and nego- tiating machinery. It is recognized that the improvements in wages and other benefits to employees which this agreement implements, are a very substantial cost burden on the company. It is understood that such costs can only be met by real savings in manpower employed. For these reasons, it is implicit that the followand conditions are accepted as satisfactory by all parties further, that strict adherence to them by employees in their day-to-day contact with management is secured with full co- operation.

CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT

1. Work-study techniques will be used to establish work standards and man assignments for all operators.

In the determination of the work standard and subsequent man standard assignment, operator performance will be expected and applied. 'Standard performance' is defined as an average trained operator working at a normal pace under normal conditions equivalent to 100 performance.

2. It is full co-operation agreed there will be from all employees and their representatives in working to these standards. Everything possible will be done by the company to assist employees to achieve and maintain the standards.

However, if investigation of regular failure of any operator to maintain standard performance shows the fault to rest with the operator, any action contemplated will be taken under the normal company disciplinary procedures.

3. In the event of any disagreement arising, the normal work- ing at standard performance will continue during the operation of the procedure for avoiding disputes.

4. The grading for all jobs into six categories is acceptable and the differences between the various grades are a fair reflection of the variations in job content.

No movement of any job between grades will take place unless a sub- stantial change in job content is proved and agreed by all parties. 5. Wage levels are based upon standard performance.

RATES OF PAY

Grade I. Skilled men 14s 4.50d Grade II. Production line workers 12s 11.50d Grade III. 12s 4.50d Material handlers (Progress) Grade IV. Plant Attendants etc. Ils 9.50d Grade V. Cleansing 10s 6d ... .. Grade VI. All females except cleaners 8s 6d These rates are the full consolidated rate which came into effect with the final stage of the deal on January 1, 1970.

4. Repeated absence for

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main point is Medical Reasons. this: when we accepted this agreement for MDW we sold An employee will be con- sidered to have been repeat- everything we had. edly absent for medical Now when we come up to reasons if he is absent on the first review after three more than three occasions dur- years, we have nothing left to ing any one year, on each occa- sell. sion for medical reasons.

For example, before MDW When this the occurs, the track didn't start up until employee will be interviewed minutes after the claxon by the personnel department and it stopped six before the and medically examined by the claxon at the end of the shift.

company medical y Even that was sold. officer. The problem is-where do HOW WOULD you sum we go from here? up the situation? Reproduced by courtesy of he T&GWU 5/55 branch com- mittee.

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Charter of Basic FOR ITS second annual conference on December 19, the All Trades Unions Alliance has issued a Charter of Basic Rights for discussion (see advertisement opposite). Each day until December 19, Workers Press will print contributions to this discussion from workers all over Britain. Last week Merseyside and London workers had their say. Today Scottish postman Jimmy Johnston, who was involved in last week's actions against the Tories following their dismissal of Lord Hall, comments on the Charter.

behind the sacking of Lord Behind the protest strike Hall. of 6,000 Post Office Glasgow The Giro bank, the DATA workers last Processing Service and the Wednesday dis- over the Telephone missal of Lord Hall by the system are very but their profitable, money Tory government was the been built up determination of postal making has workers to achieve their £3 at the expense of the general Postal still system which increase in wages. operates with old buildings The UPW and file rank have no illusions that their and low wages. The reformist policy of claim can be won without a stubborn strike. Within an Wilson was to snip away at the and to hour postal services notice from our push This in- headquarters up prices. London that evitably brought further should the protest strike losses. Now the Tories mean take place, all work at sort- to operate the Heath offices, public counters which is to stopped. solution, deal and telephonists, with the problem by attack- The protest continued in- ing the standards achieved to the following. day when workers. Bank at Cow- by the Savings Enoch Powell, speaking in glen stopped for an hour and Glasgow a week ago, spelled Post Office in other areas what out the government engineers staged stoppages.

Post Office workers, is about. like He said that of course other sections of the work- the empell bennestost class, must fight to compensating Post defeat the Tories their 1n Office for its lost services.

attempts to sell off profit- The answer of the trade able parts of the nationalized unions must be that a future industries to private enter- socialist will and this is what is government prise, nationalize all ancillary in- dustries, such as telephone firms which operate a tight

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monopoly supplying the Post Office, without compen- sation. ENGLAND and Wales will be I think that the Charter of Basic Rights as proposed cloudy with occasional rain but Unions by the All Trades also a few bright periods.

Alliance contains the clauses which must be fought for Scotland. except the N, and N against the Tory threat. The Ireland will be cloudy with occa- one-hour stoppage of Post sional rain but with bright periods Office workers an In- in the W. dication, all those who N Scotland will be cloudy with say it can't be done, that respond to occasional wintry showers.

It will workers will call for a fight against this England and continue mild over and that they Wales and rather cold or cold in government understand very clearly what N Scotland. the dangers are. 48 hours: Outlook for following But it is not a question Mostly cloudy with further rain at of further deputations and Temperatures times in all areas. appeals. I think that general but becoming colder normal industrial action be must taken-all the trade unions in the N later. together which are con- cerned with the Tories' anti- nationalization attack; rail- waymen, power workers, as have well as those who Public Meeting raised the demand for nationalization, the whole

THURSDAY,

trade union in movement fact. A fight to bring big

DECEMBER 3

this govern- ment down. 7.30 p.m. The fight for workers' rights Witch- The Town Hall St Helens, Lancs. Speaker: G. HEALY hunt (National Secretary of SLL)

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force the resignation of the

ALL TRADES

Tory government. The Communist Party is

UNIONS ALLIANCE

hostile to this demand. But growing support for it

MEETINGS

in the trade unions is forcing the Party to produce some- Discuss the proposed draft of thing looking just a little bit like it, in order to confuse the Charter of Basic Rights some sections of workers.

ACTON:

Monday, CP industrial organizer Bert Acton Co-op Hall, Do Street Ramelson, writing in Satur- High day's 'Morning Star', said that 'the growing support for the December 8 stoppage (TUC

COVENTRY:

Monde Shakespeare. November will 30, 7.30 p.m. The Spon Street. demonstrate General Council and national ' SW LONDON: Tuesday, December executives that the workers Head, Ra Clapham Princeson! Princes Falcon p.m. will respond any action they call, including a call for a General Strike, which may and Ruesday. December is, m p.m!

Tuesday, December 15, well be the only way to kill Music Hall. Carr's Bill'. This is a completely bogus

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he Smal Hall coack policy. The Small Black- 2, 8 p.m. Centre. It attempts to meet half- Leys Community Speaker: G. National Sec- inner-Party criticisms of way Socialist League. renairman: Alan Thornet. tary its Stalinist refusal fight to the TUC and Labour traitors, while at the same time holding

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Thursday Decem- Mansfield 3d. 3. 7.30 Roebuck pub. p.m. out the hope that if workers keep very quiet and stay very obedient their official leaders Did England De, of Chel:

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Sweden. In Federal Germany the rate has remained con-

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Mr Tyrell Burgess, of the The post office could keep NE London Polytechnic, its charges down and become writing the educational 1n more profitable, if it applied journal 'Education and Train- methods ing', says that the universities strictly commercial in its organization and post- are increasingly coming to ing, concludes a report, 'the wonder whether the govern- postal service, ment-financed grants competition or commit- monopoly, published today by tee principal is still the best Institute Economic the of way of combining public sup- Affairs (price 9s). port with academic freedom. The report goes on to say that the proposed postal in- Registered as newspaper at the creases cannot be justified by Post Office. Published Workers international comparisons.

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Board's financial crisis is self- inflicted. Charges, they say, have been held deliberately at low levels to benefit the ship- dominate the owners who Board's membership. *For example, they charge a mere 2s 6d a day for laying a cable onto a ship in grav- ing dock and it costs paltry sum of 12s 6d to hire a land-crane for a day,' said Mr Black. Even shipowners have com- the port's low mented on t charges. Mr H. F. Hunt of J. T. remarked Fletcher Shipping recently that despite the pro- 20 per cent increase posed in rates, Liverpool's charges 18s 6d a ton were still at only half those of the Port of London. Commented Mr Black: 'By keeping these charges low the Board has made no provision for the present, let alone the future. "They have financed them- selves by loans from the open market and they now have a debt of f83 million. capital In 1968-1969 income was in excess of £18 million and ex- penditure was £14 million but a loss was incurred after pay- ments of interest. 'The Board, in • fact, were hoping for nationalization of the kind that left the most profitable sectors in private and hands allowed public development of the sectors that were losing money,' he said. Caught 'But, as Edwards has said, the Board has been caught be- tween two policies-the pro- posed nationalization policy of the Labour government and its replacement by the Tories' policy of ruthlessness to con- cerns that are in debt. There are now two solu- tions to the financial crisis of the port: the plunder of the Board's assets by private com- panies, drastic redundancies among the direct labour force and the wholesale closure of the South end of the dock which employs 2,000 dockers; or the nationalization of the port under workers' control and its development under public accountability. 'We realize the situation is now very serious and that the this government will acts of have a far-reaching affect in the Board's labour force. We will undoubtedly oppose all cutting back, said Mr Black.

Newcastle lecture. SOCIALIST Labour League national secretary G. Healy last night gave the last of a series of lectures in Newcastle philosophy. Marxist A on predominantly working - class audience heard him speak on *An introduction to dialectical materialism' and both young later and older workers participated in discussion.

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