Manchisster Shop Stewards Demand Work Sharing

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i. meeting of 300 shop stewards held in Manchester on the week-end of 19th —- 20th Jamuary, adopted two resolutions hesling with redundancy and overtime working, these were: 1. A111 overtime should be restricted to 30 hours in any four

weeks and individual unions should advise their membership

accordingly. 2e If redundancy arises, no overtime should be worked by the

class of labour declared redundant, and work-sharing mst

be adopted until such time as the workers concerned have

found alternative employment. If employers refuse to

share work we request the workers in the. establishment to

impose the guaranteed week agreement. It is obvious that in Manchester there is considerable feeling on this question of overtime working whilst many thousands of men are on the dole, It is another pointer to the fact that the organised workers are determined not to give up any of the advances they have made over the last fifteen years.