Let’s
answer the TUC’s call
last week for "Civil
Disobedience" against
the cuts.
8th
December is the day sparks
could be working for
£10.50p an hour. BBES have
said to 890 of their
workers sign the new
contract by 7th
December if you don’t you
are down the road.
This is
serious stuff they mean
business that’s for sure,
Unite needs to be
organising a ballot of all
BBES workers right now.
Anyone not in the union
should join online ASAP,
as only members of Unite
will receive a ballot
paper.
A
national strike is the
answer, which can start
after all 8 companies have
been balloted. It’s no
good having a meeting in
December and then starting
a ballot in January, the
Xmas tree will be down,
thousands will be on the
dole and the rest of us
working for £10,50 an hour
or less if on an agency.
Wake up Mr Bernard
McAulay, get your arse
into gear for crying out
loud’!
Our
protests and demo’s are
building the union,
spreading the word and
laying the ground for a
yes vote. Tonight [Monday]
60 sparks attended a
branch meeting in Grimsby
and decided to demonstrate
at Lindsey Oil refinery
next Monday. Last Friday
night 70 sparks and
fitters turned up for
their meeting which was
electric. The meeting
decided to demonstrate
this Wednesday at the Tyne
Tunnel and also collected
£210 for ‘site worker’.
Wednesday
21st September we will see
the first ‘official’ Unite
called protest which we
are building for. It will
mark 5th protest in London
and the 12th around the
country.
Unite
have arrived at the party
very late, the rank and
file have led the way for
our efforts we’ve been
called scandalous names by
Bernard McAuley shame on
you pal, concentrate your
energies on the real
enemy................ that
is the big 8, and get us
that ballot.
These
protests will carry on
every week for as long as
necessary but we also need
walkouts on some large
sites. Solidarity action
across the country will
undoubtedly bring this
dispute to a head its
needs to happen this week.
No
more hanging around other
trades and offshore
workers should be
encouraged to support.
Unite
along with the other
public sector unions are
being balloted for a
mass day of strike
action on 30th November
and fair play to them.
So that’s a good date
where thousands of
sparks and fitters can
join them on a national
strike.
We
should take this
opportunity not just to
defend the JIB agreement
needs complete but to
completely overhaul it.
Why all the different
rates for Scottish sparks,
London sparks, and those
outside M25 one rate for
all £25 an hour any
talks must involve elected
workers from all regions
and any deal put to a
ballot this is our chance
to get a good deal in
place and why not do the
same for NAEICI and WRA
they are a pile of poo as
well.
THE
FIGHT HAS BEEN CALLED BY
BBES LETS RESPOND IN THE
BEST WAY POSSIBLE
EVERYBODY OUT!
Keep
on inundating
Bernard McAulay with
emails
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demanding a date
for the ballot.
Words
are fine but Unite needs
to be put under pressure
to negotiate a proper deal
for us. A ballot for
strike action of all
electricians, pipe-fitters
and other trades would
make that more likely. NO waiting
until December Mr
McAuley.
We
must continue to force the
issue and spread these
actions across the
country............
Blockades, occupations,
traffic jams and stuff
until an agreement has
been reached.
Rank
and File protests planned
so far……
London:
21st September
6.30am-8.30am Farringdon
Station, Crown House site.
Our 5th London demo Unites
first official one
Manchester:
Wednesday 21st
September 6.30am
Manchester town hall &
Baileys site BBC Media
City at 10am.
Newcastle:
Friday 21st September:
Meet at 6.30 am outside
the Duke of Wellington
also known as Sambucas
then over to the Tyne
Tunnel site to lobby the
lads.
Edinburgh:
Thursday 22nd September.
9.00am outside City
Chambers. The City
Councillors will meet to
confirm that Balfour
Beatty has won the
contract to build the new
Portobello High School.
Let’s teach them a lesson!
Glasgow:
Wednesday 28th September
7.00am New Veladrome
Rank
and File
meetings...........
Glasgow:
Saturday 24th September
10.00am: John Smith
House
Newcastle:
Monday 26th September
7pm Newcastle
Labour club
Liverpool:
Thursday 29th September
7pm-9pm Friends
meeting House, 22 School
Lane LI 3BT
Manchester:
Saturday October 1st
12.00- 3pm Mechanics
Institute 103 Princess
Street M6 DD
Stop
Press...............................................And finally [for
now] some good news:
1]
Last week rank and file
committee member Steve
Acheson was elected on to
the North West JIB. We
need to look at getting
other activists onto RISC,
sector committees, to have
a powerful voice for rank
and file workers.
2]
Unite have now agreed to
revisit all the
blacklisting cases on a
misuse of data protection
claims basis.
3]
Steve kelly Unite Branch
Secretary of london
construction has been told
he has a claim at European
Court of human rights
against the blacklist
which may see him sue the
Government for allowing it
to happen.
Email
us with ideas and let us
know if you have actions
planned
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