weeks ago received a three month jail sen tence for taking part in the 15 June demon stration against the National Front, last week nao me poor parm py ms caupidy CE-RE CANI-SECONCO MOLLINITA Council.
Peter, who is a clerk in the Southwark Social Services Department, te turned to work on Monday (after spening a week or as anout nol day leave in jail, awaiting release on bail until his appeal comes up) only to be informed that he was getting the sack immediately.
STODY DE BY PECTERIS MEIE POU duced to justify Peter's victimisation, Inceding Lateness, gIving EnsuncInE notice for a request fot holiday leave, and "lack of interest in the job'. TALLET STACLETOO CUTS MINS revealed itself in a number of perfidious ways including yawning, "danc ing in the office', 'sitting on the back of his chair" and 'asking the date?.
Peter was denied a request to work out his month's notice and was refused his dismissal, Peter is not the only militant to meet with the disapproval of Southwark Coun CUST STATER SALLE SHUD SEw and was demoted for allegedly returing employment agency time sheets, in line 'with his anion's campaign against private agency stall NAI.GO shop stewards in the South. wark Social Services are taking up Peter's case and have called for a full meeting of the Department to discuss further Peter's sacking is a blow against org EROsE.CommtPo to Bang 106 143951 menace. mis delence must be taken u, dronehour the labour movement, and Southwark Council must be told in no uncertain terms that they cannot act away with this sort of scandalous vic timisation. militant Peter Cooper. such sentences.
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mentbe dropped The following statement is being circulated throughout the labour picket of 60 people. movement in protest at the jail sentence handed out to antifascist We, the undersigned, were appalled to learn of the three month prison sentence meted out to one of the June 15 anti-fascist demon strators, Many other demonstrators are coming up on similar charges. In fact, by the time this petition is distributed there could be other We feel that it is quite unaccept able that people should be imThe Wingrove & Roger's strike of wo men workers is now in its 14th week Although the Amalgamated Linion of Engincering Workers has declared the strike official, its support has been no more than token.
On Monday 16 September, 50 police, many of them marching in military formalion, turned up to intimidate the mast As Bairy Williams; Liverpool Trades omelescue member End a muriber of the picket, told Red Weekly: Wingrove's for all trade unionists to be alerted to are usice the police virtually as a private BENDING THE LAW The employers know; and the women strikers know, that the stoke will only be successfal if the seabs ate stopped from going into work. But neither the emplay ens nor the police are too botherod about HE HAZERS DRESS CRAWS M ON SATURDAY, 28 September the Kets, then they will do jost that.
Meanwhile the ALEW ignores the ser Jous nature ol the attack he tie state Maybe they thiak a strike of women wark ers is not too important. Perhans they console the nscives with the ronsensical ides that the carployons and the coppen could nat dare do it to our lace.
The women strikers are rather mone SEE GUISHE SEWAVE & Rogers, In consultation with the ING they hive dratted a resolution to be sent to all Working Women's Charter Groups This calk for: support for the strice:
the activities of the police: and for the AUEW to put our its finger now by organising effective pleketime Fram all of the Jocal AUER and lahour movement Resolutions to he sent to Wingrore & Roger's Strike Committee, Rita Smith Shop Steward, jo ALEW Hall, Mount Pleasant, Liverpoul I: and to the ALEW National Office, 110 Pecklam Road, London S.E.15.
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