BLACK THESE HOTELS

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La to oraanise workers in the catering which began in Oxford three and a halt months ago has now assumed nSOnaI DrODOmOns.

The action which started at the Linton Lodge and Randolph Hotels was extended to the Grosvenor House Hotel in Sheffield. Now workers at Trust Houses Forte establishments in Birmingham (Night Out Club) and Crawley have been forced to fight for the right to join the Transport and General Workers Union.

In London, directly after the take over of the Cumberland Hotel by THF, a worker has been vic timised because of General and Municipal Workers Union activities.

In order to fight this coordinated offensive by the National Association for Freedom-backed THF management, national action and G&M is OVENC solutely essential.

The absence of such action up till now has meant that the establishment of a joint stewards committee from all these hotels this week comes not a moment too SOULE One of their chief demands will be for the implementation of official union policy by the T&G to start effective national blacking of sthe notes sneed laur, ar-lnc time of writing, have decided to go ane3e WR IC DIdA UE L Grosvenor House Hotel.

Their impatience is justitied. it is a bitter irony for catering workers that a three and a half month strike is necessary to be recognised as members of the most powerful trade union in Britain.