01 February Around 40 sparks were protesting
outside Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station on Wednesday 1st
February to fight the imposition of the BESNA contract.
They
have been out each week for the past couple of months, and
usually when they hold a protest are able to stop cars going
into the site and cause a lot of disruption on the roads
tailing back to the M1. However, due to this success and the
fact that this weeks protest was more widely publicised in
order to break the media blackout on the dispute, two vans
of police were present and stopped the sparks from
leafleting the cars.
Nonetheless, there was still a determined
mood that they will not be stopped that easily and will
continue with the weekly protests until they win. There will
be discussion on tactics to take the struggle forward
amongst the sparks on site, with some planning to attend the
rank and file meeting this Saturday.
