 57  3. "There is no question therefore of the door being firmly closed against any increase of pay for firemen before July 1 next," he declares. 4. Leaders of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions today said that at their meeting with the Prime Minister last week they had taken strong exception to the number of people being thrown out of work without other lobs being available. 5. The unions sought discussions with the company on supervisory grade matters, about which no agreement or understanding existed with the unions, and insisted on shop-floor employees being present during these discussions. 6. Those trade unionists who believed the propaganda about the freeze benefiting the lower-paid workers got a shock just before Christmas, when agreements affecting farm workers and shop assistants were referred to the Prices and Incomes Board. 7. Refusal to do this work resulted in two men being suspended and strike action followed. 8. But if this experiment fails then it is my opinion that, far from there being an improvement in the standards of life of our people, there will be a steady diminution. 9. Our jobs and living standards depend on the industrial capacity of the nation being used to the full. 10. The picture, drawn by the Prime Minister and others, of the newspaper industry being wrecked by the high pay and greed of its workers, has been blown sky-high by the hush-hush report of the Economist Intelligence Unit. 11. In and outside Parliament, using all means at their disposal, they intend to organize their considerable resources in an effort to prevent the dominant sector of the industry becoming State-owned. 12. The sale of a 28-acre site by British Rail to a London borough for housing at a price of 13,500,000 is another example proving the need for action on land going far beyond anything the Government has so far decided. 57 |
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