Redundancy fears could close Girling's

7.00 7.25 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.20 9.45 0.35 1.20 1.45 7.05 7.30 8:00 8.30 THE GIRLING Cheshire, could a strike by setters.

Over 70 per cent of the disc brakes for passenger cars in the United Kingdom are manufactured at this Joseph Lucas plant. The closure of the factory, which employs 1,600 workers, would severely cut output of new cars in all the main factories in Britain.

On Monday 30 setters in the standard body shop, all members of the AUEW, walked out when four other setters were transferred to their department.

By Tuesday 70 part-time workers had been laid off.

The transfer was made because of a run-down in nonstandard and railway brake departments.

Contrary to local press reports the setters had not refused the transfer point. blank. For months they had been insisting that adequate manning arrangements be maintained and that length of service would be taken into account if any redundancies occurred. cent of the roe posr Just over year ago 12 per labour force lost their jobs.

It was at that time that management imposed new working conditions in the standard body shop.

Former convenor F. Shaw claims that there has been a sined-up threendance factory Toronanont the тастот since the redundancies place.

There are fears that Girling might switch production to Bouzonville, E France.

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FRANCIS DURBRIDGE PRESENTS .. The Passenger. disc brake factory at Bron close by the end of the week 9:00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 12.00 10.05 10.10 11.50 iborough, following officials have seen the place. Wages are low and men are sacked on the spot. And they are already duplicating produchere, Of a Ford brake we make "ine setters in our standard body shop are probably the most militant in the factory. They won't be pushed around. I really think they're fighting a factory battle and I hope they receive the backing of the district committee.' The strike by setters is the first dispute to hit the firm for 13 months. The men will meet union officials this morning to learn the results of last night's district committee meeting which discussed the strike. Coventry engineers back railmen: demand pay strike COVENTRY AUEW district committee passed a motion on Tuesday pledging support to the railwaymen and calling on the executive council to use the full industrial strength of the unions if the government enforces the Industrial Relations Act.

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AUEW branches Coventry 25 and Coventry 59 have sent telegrams to the National Committee members in conference at Eastbourne asking them to table a motion for national strike action in favour of the engineers' claim.

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