OVER six hundred steel strikers crowded into Newport Hall last Saturday where ISTC general secretary Bill Sirs, and Hector Smith of the Blastfurnacemen's Union spoke at a meeting organised by the South Wales strike committee. which was why Bill Sirs got a cool Ine mood war reception until he about the importance of fighting for jobs.
He demanded: We've got to force the trade unions and Labour Party into a battle for the ish ole ostient mC's and stated his opposition to proposals on jobs to solution was 'a new BSC management BERNARD Tony Benn, militant, began to talk who believe in virility. would recommend a say that his favour such a return Bernard Connolly, a leader of the South Yorkshire strike committee South Yorkshire steel crafts leader and member of and file But then, support.' the meeting Newport He wouldn't be drawn on whether he return to work benefit of although Hector Smith seemed not to listen to the Tony Benn called for a united trade them out.
policy that, for the women and men, leadership and rank in response to a question on the need for a aenea sarke sent merely said: 'It's the responsibility of the trade union movement to decide and th Downicar Wing give Several important points came out of The feeling was expressed that the area needed to picketing more effectively; particularly that production had to be stopped at the private GN and Alphasteel plants.
A stepping up of the strike, involving the whole of the trade union movement, was also called for As one striker said after the meeting: 'We didn't march on 9 March for the "sight-seers in London saying it would still talk to the Tories. Let's organise to get A MAN San Challenge right to their executioners The blade is just as sharp and hurts just as much, as if it wielded the employers themselves . Arbitrad0 cal throw of the national officials in trying to sell us out.
If thev had only worked ar hard at winning this strike as they have at selling us out. we'd have won long ago