Coventry workers win 18% pay rise

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Motor Fittings hive won an 18 per cent. wage increase and other concessions, afler a short, sharp fight supported by all of the other worken at the factory, which supplies radiators to local car plants.

Last Monday all the labourers in the factory went to the management aod demanded re-grading as matecial bandlers, а ту вно, дло сле not to trade union reppcsntation. ing to sack the labourers, whe had joined the National Society of Metal Mechanks. But after they had been locked nut for the morning they were recalled and told that their demands would be mer, including a wage increaie of E4 por The material handlers, who inmediately elected a shop steward, will cow be demanding payment for the tinte they were locked out, A mass meeting of shop floor workers from AUEW and GMWU supported the shop stewards" demands for non coopuration and total resistance to any attempts by the management to reduce che labour force.

The management, faced with unprocedented solidarity and militancy among all sections of the company. has now hesitated in implementing its "rationalisation policy' of which this was just the first phase.

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