With two-thirds of the members of the National Federation of Building Trade Empioyers working at three: quarters capacity or less, the building bosses have gone on the offensive with mass sackings and victimisation.
In Manchester, building workers fought back against redundancies by occupying the Pochin's Polytechnic site. At the prestige project at Eldon Square in Newcastle, scaffolders have been out for eleven weeks following the victimisation of 14 men who clocked off after a union meeting held in company time with management permission.
The compuny involved is one of the most vicious in the trade-Mc Alpines This is the same outlit who spent thousands preparing background "evidence"
Pickets at Eldon Square, faced with a united froot of bo * * * FOR CHEAP RELIABLE IBM Typesetting aguinst the Strewsbury pickets alter the nationsl buikding workers strike in 1972.
Tho "72 strike did much to smash "the lump in the trade. Now McAlpines are using the cutbucks in building to launch a Irontal attack on the right to organise in the industry.
Scalfolders in Tyneside, whether in building sites, firms or shipyards have now como vur on socute senke in support ot the 14 men. This is despite the apen scabbing of the leaders of the local Transport and General Workers Union of which the scaffolders are members. TGWU Tull-tinie official, G. Maclean, has refused to meet the men and has even issued joint statements with the management deneuncing the strike.
T&G union cards were issued to scaffolders from Foremost Scaffolding Supplies Limited who were shipped in, probably without thair knowledge, as Strike-breaken from London! boen poured inta the Fidan Square proabout the dispute.
number of strikers, discussed why such is shelved and constroction workers signThe Conferince overwhelmingly tion struggie, hut part of an angoing fight to nid the building trade of the McAipines of this world and produce a building progrurame suited to the boods of the working class and the workers in the industry.
Newcastle IMG and buraucrats sosinst tham Vast amounts of puble money has Cathy Keerovi, a tescher at Garret Green Comprehensive Schaol and Convenor of the April '76 Salaries Campaign Committee, spaaking in favour of the IMG sponsoned motion which wis passed at the strikers mueting on 23 January.
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STATEMENT BY BUILDING TRADES UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS ORGANISATIONS