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:: Friday, September 24, 2004 ::
'A scaffold for future victories' Socialist Worker, United Kingdom
A STUNNING victory by 240 steel erectors at the Wembley Stadium site could open the door to further advances across the construction industry.
The sacked men won reinstatement on Tuesday of last week after four weeks of protest.
“It is a tremendous result,” says steel erector Tony Ryan.
“We were in effect sacked twice—once when we were transferred from one company to another, and again when we refused to work a 66-hour week.
“We did what anyone in that situation would do. We set up a protest on the gates and appealed for other workers to back us.
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