![]() ![]() Rallies continue to be held in the yard in defiance of the company, one of NASSCO’s conditions in exchange for amnesty for the strikers was that the union only meet with members on a one-to-one basis, thus trying to block the union from having lunchtime meetings in the parking lots and yards. A scab got hit in the head although he wasn’t even one of the hardcore scum. An explosion occurred and a fire started in one of the tenders, and lights continue to flick on and off as lines get cut. There have been spontaneous acts of sabotage. Shipyard workers are pursuing their success. And that’s also why NASSCO has refused to let workers see their safety committee representatives, fearing any type of walkout over working conditions. That’s why the company has hired extra Pinkerton security guards and kept militant workers in isolated work areas. That’s why on Monday, NASSCO desperately fired four more workers and suspended four others 30 days for strike activity, bringing the total fired to 28. ![]() NASSCO has been served notice that the workers aren’t going to take the shit anymore, and it’s scared stiff. But this is a lie and the company knows it. NASSCO is trying to put the blame on its victims, and is pushing hard that the legal system is the only way to resolve problems. Larry French, president of the company, even sent a letter to all the workers apologizing for the “inconvenience” caused by the fired workers and signed, “Larry”. 18-24, 1980) Served Notice, Company Cracks Down in Desperationįreaked out and on the run, NASSCO has worked overtime trying to make people believe that everything is back to normal. But the rank and file returned with the spirit of “taking the war back inside,” and that’s exactly what they’ve done. Meanwhile, two other ironworkers and Local 627 business agents had been fired. The strikers returned to work under pressure of a court injunction and the lack of support from the International and the city’s Building Trades Council. The majority of the 17 are stewards of Local 627 (the strongest union in the yard with Communist Workers Party sympathizers in union leadership positions) and a local of the International Association of Machinists. Workers disrupted a launching ceremony for a newly-finished Navy ship and, when NASSCO fired 17 union stewards and workers, staged a three-day wildcat strike. Shipyard workers both inside and outside the company gates are carrying on their offensive that began after union steward Steve Crain, of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 527, was indefinitely suspended on July 30 for cussing out a foreman. – Things are definitely not business as usual here at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company NASSCO). Please credit the Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line as your source, include the url to this work, and note any of the transcribers, editors & proofreaders above. You can freely copy, distribute and display this work as well as make derivative and commercial works. ![]() Transcription, Editing and Markup: Paul SabaĬopyright: This work is in the Public Domain under the Creative Commons Common Deed. NASSCO Shipyard Workers Taking the “War” Insideįirst Published: Workers Viewpoint, Vol. NASSCO Shipyard Workers Taking the “War” Inside Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line ![]()
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