Knitwear pay strike planned

Workers Press no. 865, 11 September 1972 · scan pages 11, 12

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KNITWEAR workers in 29 border factories will strike from the end of September unless employers improve on their "final' pay offer of £2 a week.

stoppage involving the 5,000 workers seems more than likely following an 80-per-cent majority vote last week in favour of strike action for a £6a-week increase and an extra week's holiday a year.

The General and Municipal Workers' Union executive will meet this week to decide how much notice to give managements of the intention to stop work.

However, it is also reported that the union officials and management are considering a compromise settlement put : forward by local MP David Steel because, it is claimed, a strike lasting five or six weeks would result in a number of firms closing permanently.

Soclallst Labour League LECTURES THE THEO RY AND PRACTICE OF MAR given by (SLL national LONDON Marxism as the theory ledge Sunday September 17 Development of Marxism through working-class struggle Sunday September 24 Nature of the capitalist crisis Sunday October 1 Historical materialism Sunday October 8 EAST HAM TOWN HALL Lister Room Barking Rd, 7 ALL TRADES UNIONS ALLIANCE MEETINGS BRACKNELL: Monday September 11, 8 p.m. Priestwood Community Centre.

HULL: Monday September 11, 7.30 . p.m. Church Hall, Wayne Road, Bransholme (opp_ 'The Swallow'). "Fighting the Tories' Rent Act.' LEEDS: Tuesday September 12, 7.30 p.m. 'Peel Hotel', Boar Lane (upstairs room). 'A policy to win in the builders' strike.' GLASGOW: Wednesday September 13, 7.30 p.m. Partick Burgh Hall. 'Stalinism, UCS and fighting the Industrial Relations Act.' MEDWAY: Wednesday September 13, 8 p.m. 'The Greyhound', Rochester Avenue, Rochester. 'Defeat the anti-union laws. Force the Tories to resign.' PRESTON: Wednesday September 13, 8 p.m. 'Railway and Commercial', Butler Street, near railway station. Victory the builders'.

SOUTH EAST LONDON: Thursday September 14, 8 p.m. Deptford Engineers Club, opposite New Cross Station. 'For the Tories to resign.' SWINDON: sunday september 17, 7.30 p.m. Locomotive Inn', Fleet Street. •Jo n the fight to force the Tories to resigr

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