Cowley bosses retreat

Socialist Organiser no. 69, 21 January 1982, p. 15 · printed under the name Bill Peters

Transcribed by hand from the printed page.

BL management in Cowley have again drawn back from implementing a Longbridge-type cut in relief allowance. In the Assembly Plant management backed off their January 11 deadline when faced with mass meeting decisions to cut the working day and night by 15 minutes.

They are now negotiating with officials to seek a possible new formula to fund the 39 hour week.

In the Body Plant management backed off a new deadline for implementation last Monday when key production sections voted to strike if the deadline was implemented.