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Siteworker North West Update
If we don�t fight, we will lose ten times more than we might possibly
do by going on strike. We have to fight�we have no choice.
5 September WE CONDEMN THE eight
companies which walked away from the JIB agreement, but we condemn the
others still sitting round the table while sticking the boot in.
ALL the companies are
trying to slash pay and deskill the job. This is an industry-wide
attack.
Sparks on
NAECI sites are JIB-graded. If employers get away with this on our
sites, what chance do Blue Book sites stand then? We MUST stand
together. The employers are doing this to make mega-profits across the
construction industry. Those are coming out of YOUR wages.
Mass
industrial action can defend our rates. There is no room for
negotiation and talking at the expense of workers� pay and conditions.
Once massed together, we should stay together. We need site
commit-tees on every site bringing together all trades, defending our
rates and jobs, and standing to improve them!
JOIN THE UNION
You need to
be a member of the union. We have no illusions in the officials who
sold us out so often. But we need to organise to defend ourselves, and
the way to do that is as union members.
Join the union,
support the Rank & File, back our demand for election of all stewards
and officials.
BLACKLISTING
We cannot separate
this attack on rates and the job from the ongoing and historic
injustice of mass blacklisting.
Over 3,300
of our best activists have been singled out by the employers purely
because they are good trade unionists. These men have been
systematically denied work, some for decades, and we need these
activists back on site to lead us in struggle!
Fighting the latest
attacks and demanding justice for the blacklisted men are two sides of
the same coin.
Help the
Blacklist Support Group to support blacklisted workers,
[email protected],
www.hazards.org/blacklistblog, Facebook �Blacklist Support Group�
NATIONAL SHOP STEWARDS NETWORK
The Network
(NSSN) was set up in 2007 by Bob Crow, leader of the RMT trade union.
It brings together trade unionists from all trade unions, as a
democratic campaigning organisation standing up for workers.
The NSSN fully
supports our fight against pay cuts and deskilling.
You should support the
NSSN.
Find out
more and get your union branch / site to affiliate,
www.shopstewards.net or 07952 283 558.
CONTACT THE RANK & FILE IN THE NORTH-WEST
For more
copies of this leaflet, more information, to help out or to ask
questions, contact us care of Steve Acheson, national steering
committee member. Ring Steve on 07949 335 390, or send an email to
[email protected], or write to 13 Thompson Close, Denton,
M34 2PQ
MASS
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