Industrial Notes

from David Robinson, Victimisation at Vauxhalls. Messages of support have flooded in for Arthur Leary, National Union of Vehicle Builders union official, since he was dismissed by the union's executive last Monday, He has asked union members at the: Luton works not to take sympathetic strike action. At an emergency meeting, the Luton district committee of the NUVB decided not to take part in any further pay talks with the company unless Mr, Leary is present as their representative, They have also sent a telegram to Alf Roberts, NUVB general secretary, saying they would not accept Mr. Leary's dismissal and still recognised him as East Midlands area organiser. Vauxhall Joint Works Committee has passed a resolution calling for his reinstatement as a member of the negotiating team, Local workers declare that Arthur Leary's sacking was a direct result of his steadfast support for Vauxhall workers in the current pay negotiations, The actual charge against him is that he circulated a document among delegates in his area which contained criticism of the union's leadership, Mr, Leary said that the executive knew of the document's existence when it was produced before the union's rules revision meeting earlier this year, Second Stockport Week Planned, A second one-day general strike in the North West is being planned following the breakdown of discussions about the procedure for the return to work of the men involved in the Roberts Arundel dispute, Last month the firm agreed to rehire the men on a progressive basis as the work built up. However, they have consistently refused to give a firm date for their re-engagement and it has become obvious that this was merely a ruse to get the factory operating again, New Militancy Among Bank Staff, More than 300 bank employees attended a meeting of the National Union of Bank Employees in Birmingham last Monday to discuss grievances with their managements, These include lack of national negotiating machinery, the "insult" of a 23% pay rise from the Midland Bank and the demand for a fiveday week, A past-president of the union, Mr, D. Ossie Davies, said that bank employees have undersold themselves, They satisfy 90% of the public they serve but are taken for granted by the management, The staff association which operates in individual banks to negotiate with the management are, in fact, instruments of the managment, he said, If called upon, bank staffs should be ready to rally behind the union and strike for their demands,