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Strike for union rights at Rolls Royce

manos | 14.08.2005 22:35 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements

Workers at the Bristol Rolls Royce plant have voted for an indefinite strike, starting on August 22nd, until their dismissed colleague, Jerry Hicks is fully reinstated. Jerry was "probably dismissed on trade union grounds", the employment tribunal found, for supposedly organising unofficial action, influencing the decision of the disciplinary panel (both to support two sacked colleagues), and standing on the way of normal working practices [more details]. The aim of the strike and campaing is nothing short of unconditional reinstatement. But the real target are the anti-union laws that allow employers to criminalise "unofficial" actions. They have been on the law books since Thatcher introduced them, but have also survived two terms of Labour government. Yet when faced with pressures from employers, as Jerry Hicks said, "we never balloted, we always walked out!" [see also Heathrow Airport strikes background].

[Bristol IMC: Updates logo background | Unions: Amicus labournet | Talk in Cambridge: text photos call | Solidarity: photos | The arms trade: RR demo CAAT report | Latest reports 1 2 3 | Video 1]

Walking out.
Walking out.


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manos

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  1. Syndicalism and the New Union Struggles — Edward Campbell
  2. more of this please — capital25
  3. Rolls-Royce like Edo — zcat
  4. Dont mean to be bitchy but ... — Ed
  5. so its ok to... — zcat
  6. Dont mean to be sarcatic but ... — Ed
  7. well i disagree — zcat
  8. Missing the point — Adrian Cannon
  9. solidarity with unions — zcat
  10. Squaring the Circle — Mr Spoon
  11. No I wasn't saying that ZCAT — Ed
  12. Get back to work and build more weapons — sick of cliches
  13. Sarcasm bitchyness and rudness get you nowhere — zcat
  14. and furthermore — zcat
  15. Who's stupid? — Ed
  16. re EDO — a smashnik
  17. responce to Who's stupid — zcat
  18. A little contradictory — Zorro
  19. Support — A Nother Worker
  20. To all you jobless hippie phony "anarchists" — Campaign for Real Anarchism
  21. Lessons in Solidarity from nimrod — ramrod
  22. A Very Generous 2 out of 10 for Ramrod's Working Class Manefesto — Ed
  23. Long words with zero comprehension — ramrod
  24. Solidarity with workers in the arms industry — IanA
  25. Unianised death squads, the nail industry — Toby
  26. Ridiculous contortions — hotrod
  27. The working class is the only *revolutionary* class — Beltov
  28. RE: classymethingy — Bob
  29. Your father's bum — black rod
  30. RE: black rod — Bob
  31. Sticky Subject — Josh