Steward at Ford contract plant claims Dismissed because I organized factory LANGEM

A SHOP STEWA claims he has ber Cunningham and holiday pay plus LY (centre) with pickets outside the Ford component plant RD sacked from a West in deliberately victimized seven other workers were further fortnight's cash in of five factories Mr Cunningham said yesterday: It is only a temporary cancellation and the works' committee proposed a cut in overtime, working a four-day week or, if the sackings were inevitable, adherence to the principle of last-in, first-out. But the management wouldn't listen.' He claims the real reason for his dismissal at 24 hours' notice is his 18-month long record of unionizing the 60-strong factory and fighting to improve pay and conditions.

Mr Cunningham said: 'Before I arrived, job times were often so high that it was impossible to reach bonus and certain amenities were almost nonexistent.

When Mr Cunningham began work at the factory union organization was non-existent, but now all but five belong to the United Society of Metal Mr Cunningham claims he has come close to dismissal on three previous occasions because of his militancy.

Pickets were on duty for the second day running yesterday after their holiday and a mass meeting of the 300 workers at the group's five factories was being held last night.

'We are prepared to ABOUT 300 engineers marched from Greenoch to Port Glasgow in torrential rain yesterday in support of their claim for higher wages and better conditions. Nineteen were appearing in court charged with breach of the peace for allegedly blocking gas cylinder supplies to the Newark shipLondon electrical for defending dismissed on lieu of notice.

at Surrey Steel Components Ltd., one at Hammersmith and Richmond run as a private company by wavia Unayan, workers after Ford, Germany, cancelled a component factory workers' rights. Vincent July 21 with two weeks' manload than sackea une contract.

until the notices are withdrawn, said Mr Cunningham. 'I have no doubt that after the mass meeting our strike will be made official.' Most of the Fulham Palace Road works' components are sent to Ford plants, which are on holiday until the end of this Said Mr Cunningham: 'Once they start back at work I think we will win.' Other group workers supply non-Ford customers and a joint strike would severely disrupt production.

Basic pay at the factory starts at £15 for men and £14.20 for women, with the prospect of an average weekly wage of up to £27 for men in a 'good week'.

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