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ELEC CIANS at Beecham chemical plant construction site near Breghon, Ayrshire have threatened industrial action from today if five of their workmates not reinstated.

electricians are mainly by three the site-Smith's, Neil and Plessey.

They are also demanding parity of pay with workers employed by Humphrey's of Glasgow, one of the main contractors at Breghon.

At present their basic pay is 60p an hour while Humphrey's workers get £1.05 per hour.

Recently the parity fight has been aggravated by the sacking of five union members-two journeymen and three apprentices, while non-union labour is still employed on the site.

were taken on by and Neil after they had jobs offered advertisment on this year. stewards again met Singer Manufacturing management at Clydebank yesterday in a bid to settle a four-week strike by The meeting followed eight hours of talks on Wednesday on the claim for a £4-a-week increase, shorter hours and longer holidays.

The strike by Singer engineering workers began on May 9 after management had demanded productivity concessions and refused to negotiate on the hours question.

Production at the giant sewing machine factory has been halted. Management plans to lay-off 700 staff began with notice to 30 last Monday.

But five members of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs refused to stay away and are sitting-in.

The latest company offer to the five unions representing the 4,500 workers amounted to £3.25 a week. It is not clear whether management improved the offer on Wednesday.

Yesterday, Alex Ferry, Glasgow AUEW district secretary, said he hoped the strike could be ended this week.

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