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The
Aldergrove airport strikers are to attempt to blockade
the International
Airport on the 6th July and call for solidarity. These
workers were sacked
for standing up against low pay and for fair terms
and conditions. Recently
support has been gathered for them by trade union
activists in Belfast
amongst various trade unions and union branches. This
is now happening
elsewhere despite an initial lack of support from
their own union leadership.
Delegations now may also be coming from Glasgow, Liverpool
and the South of
Ireland to show solidarity.
A
few days ago pressure not previously forthcoming was
put on those union
officials to support the workers. This occured at
the recent ATGWU conference where a delegationn met
Bill Morris. The workers concerned are now to get
full strike pay, backdated. The union and its resources
are to come behind them and they are to support the
pickets on the 6th July.
The
strikers, isolated only a few weeks ago, have now
moved the ATGWU leadership to support them because
of their determination. Whether or not the ATGWU leadership
puts that vocal support into actions, the strikers
nevertheless
are on the offensive. Workers who know of the brunt
of low pay and the lack
of decent conditions, along with trade unionists and
wider society, should
show both support and understanding for the reasoning
and action by the
airport workers.
Solidarity
to the Airport Strikers.
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