aerospace - reinstatement fight continues
WORKERS, OCT 2005 ISSUE
The fight for the re-instatement of the Amicus convenor at the Rolls Royce aero-engine test department in Bristol continues. There has been big support for the convenor, victimised for carrying out trade union duties.
An interim employment tribunal has been won, forcing the employers to continue to pay the convenor until the victimisation case can be heard. All-out strike action by the 96 workers directly employed in the section has paralysed the factory. Strike ballots of a further 800 workers are under way. The convenor has refused to take offers of £50,000 and £100,000 to go away.