A payment is due now, a furtber payment will be made in 12 months and the final payment six months after ments both be made at the same time - in 12 months, rather than waitins an additional six months-the percentage increases for day workers w will work our like this:
Grade A 11.95 Grade B 12.33 Grade C 12.7% Grade D 127% Grade E 12.99 make defendors of the social contract lose much steepThe company hus also come for ward with some propositions regardGRADE The deal is spread over two years.
ment is due.
Tate.
These fipures are hardly Ekely to Present rate Present rate includ including 2.80 3.60 cleaning up money.
38.20 41.80 40.80 44.40 41.80 43,00 46.60 48.60 ing thresholds. Firstly they have set a 36 point mean. Therefore the aces. Retail Price Index has to go up 36 points before any threshold pay.
Furthermore the threshold payments will be based not on the new pay deal but on the present basic rate. Therefore if the RPI goes up 37 points the workers will get a one per cent increase on their old basic PROMISING What Fords are actually proutis- Jems ing here is to compensate for 1976 price increases at 1974 price levels Thus for every 10p rise in prices Fords Fords workers will get about 7p.
Behind all the fanfare accompanying thus so-called hammer blow to New Rate* 98 increase, for workers not to Celri cicanne up money. 44.20 15.7% 47.60 16.7 49.00 17.2% 50.60 18.2% 1. At prosent not all workers pet cleaning up moncy, under the new offer this will be paid to all workers. 2. This is based on the likelihood that the pest two months will soe a tise of 3 points in the cost of living index entitling the workers to £1.20 in threshold increases, Fords are suggesting buying this out by incorporating it in the new rate shop workers, at Ford's Degenham announcing the return to work last the social contract" hes the real menThe deal is tied up with a new productivity drive. Whilst the wages will be eroded in value by rocketing prices, production and Fords prof its are intended to go up.
More night work is also on the way The vague phrase about give and take hus only one meaning-the workforce will have to do more night work.
Increased productivity and more night work can mean only one thingredundancies. Just like car-maken all over the world Fords see nationalisation as the solution to their probCiently this deal should be tossed our. What is needed is an across the board increase for all workers; the im mediate introduction of equal pay; and a sliding scale of wages to protect wage levels from intlation.
3 increase for getting cleaning 5.79 7.2% 7.9% 8.6% 9.5% Red Weekly 12 October 1974 Page 11
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If Fords give in to the demand that the second and third stage pay-