Chairperson, shop stewards committee, Eclipse Tools (James Neill Group) SOUTH Yorkshire promises to come close to a standstill on 18 February - the day of the all-out strike South Yorkshire Association of Trades protest government's spending cuts.
At a meeting Confederation of Unions (CSEU) support for the strike. Already workers at a Photo: GM COOKSON number of engineering factories ih the area — such as Shardlows and Eclipse Tools voted to come out, has promised full support for branches and individuals who: strike. promised from • local branches.
Sheffield last Friday when an estimated 2,000 demonstrated against NUM president Arthur Scargill captured the mood of militancy when he told the meeting after the march: We are witnessing the most called by the Tory Monday, Sheffield's Shipbuilding and confirmed - have Yorkshite miners could be out as the NUM Backing also NALGO and NUPE A foretaste of 18 February was given in "the cuts. Yorkshire ARTHUR SCARGILL: calling for all Labour-controlled councils not to implement the cuts have ever said:
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MICHAEL EDWARDES, Leyta refusing to fight for Robinson orchestrated campaign against the working class and the trade union movement that witnessed in the history Scargill called for all Labour controlled Councils to refuse to implement the cuts. added that the cuts, the steel strike and the Derek Robinson victimisation were all part of one campaign against working class people' Roy Thwaites, leader of South Yorkshire County Council, took up this theme when he This march and rally has shown clearly that coüncils and the private sector are not these problems in united shoulder to against what this government is doing' added that the protests would continue until the country was 'rid of the Tory The call for strike action on 18 February was made last year as part of South Yorkshire the campaign for 'economic and social advance'.
TIC itself has done little campaign, although somewhat belatedly it has now called for a national day of action on 14 of the Already. the South experiencing engineering due to the lack of steel. A further problem the imposition of isolation finished. shoulder "unrealistic'.
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The effect of the strike on 18 February may be a little confused if the steel strike is still on.
Yorkshire area of • lay-offs is that there is no concrete focus for 18 February — unlike the Wales day of action on 28 January, which was specifically called on the issue of steel closures.
An attempt was made at a Sheffield CSEU 4 February to link 18 February more directly with the steel strike by calling for La boycott in engineering plants of all steel goods except those entirely This would have meant that even nuts and bolts would have not been handled. However the Communist Party-dominated leadership of the CSEU rejected this demand, saying it was outstanding Is necessary rather routine approach has been adopted so Apart from the issuing of thousands leaflets; little else has been done to build the Nevertheless 18 February should still be South Yorkshire's most militant stand so far THATCHER