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STRIKE SUPPORT MEETINGS
Cardiff To discuss issues and problems arising from the strike, and to raise Speakers: RAY DAVIES (ISTC branch sec., Llanwern)
ELAINE CHAPMAN (S. Wales Ciee Against NHS Cuts) PAT KANE (Socialist Challenge)
RAGHIB AHSAN (Rover Solihull shop steward) CARDIFF: Wed 30 Jan, 7.30pm, Oddfellows Hall, Newport Rd NEWPORT: Thur 31 Jan, 7.30pm, King William IV pub, town centre As South Wales miners* leader Williams pointed out, Thatcher had stepped on the toes of trying to teach the steelworkers a lesson, and in doing so 'she's caught a tiger by the tail. But Williams was a little worried about the postponement of indefinite strike action on jobs in Wales to 10 March, because the 'need of the steelworkers The closures in steel are expecter to mean the loss of 7,500 jobs. mining, and if the BSC goes ahead with its plan to import twice as much coking coal from abroad the figure could double. The Welsh TUC wants a 'stay of execution' for two years in order to attract industry to Lawrence Daly, speaking for the pointed some people would try to use the wo years delay in preparing the case for a run-down of major Lord Robens started doing it with the coal industry in the Lord Beecham did it with the Edwardes doing Leyland, and now Villiers is doing it "we will oppose any he told the sages place' the eager crowd. 'If we get the same subsidies as foreign coal we can produce all the steel industry Turn out As in 1974, so in 1980 the miners would be 'prepared to give the people of Britain a chance to turn out the worst administration this country has rapturous applause Daly announced that the NUM nationally had donated £20,000 to the steel Labour deputy leader MP for Ebbw Vale rose to speak. There was a chorus of and shouts of 'What abou Vale?' Miners and steelworkers at the back of the rally One miner commented that it was people like Foot, who had sold out to who were responsible for were in today. It was Foot who allowed the Ebbw Vale be run down while Labour was in office.
The rally ended with the singing fer had better watch. fists raised.
Margaret Thatcher was the message from Newport sochalist Challenge 31 January 1980 Pages