'ALL of us can smell a sell-out,' was the way strike committee, speaking capacity, summed up the feelings of Newport He was speaking at a meeting organised by Steel Sheet, rank and file steelworkers' bulletin that has appeared regularly in Newport since the Sopining steelworkers came to the Steel Sheet meeting last week.
Ray Davies went on to succiworker feared a sell-out: *Much to Steelworkers Banner o lo, surprise, when otticia weekly sayss. principle of locally negotiared productivity deals". Jobs *But saying all along is thai for Lianwern that means our jobs.
Sirs says is just what Villiers has been trying to push down our throats for 12' weeks. deal based on Sirs' plan would give Villiers a licence to take away our jobs close Llanwern altogether.' Manorse seemoker at the meeting agreed with Roy Davies. were unhappy 40011 fluctuating level of picketing OYCI weeks workers questioned the value of sending. flying pickets to the West Country when the South Wales private steel firms had not been completely Crosco Cow.
All were nervous that a sell-out was being secretly worked out at a national level, DAVID WILLIAMS, Lianwern strike committee, talked to Socialist Challenge about the state of the steel strike.
The Steel Corporation it knows that some unions in steel industry have accentes corea causes orule document — that is 14.4 per cent. BSC boss Bob Scholey DIE SRI SEASHION CER he's clinging 1o it.
BSC will go may, unless the unions begin to give way on the 14.4 per cer.
If we receive more positive support the would be a lot easier. We're hanging now hy • our fingertips.
I went down to Tratalgar that Ray Davies, a member of the Llanwern in personal and questioned whether their own rank-and-file organisation enough to resist it.
The level of rank-and-file Steelworkers from Caldicot picketing in anxious to get other areas going nke we are.
was suggested that open meetings, as ir important element in ensuring that rank-and-file organisation momentum of the strike and could resist a sell-out Paul Acaston, who had come down Stocksbridge to address the
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'All the lads agree that the first briority is redundancies and closures that's very important because JUSt 10I us out lor le alue generations *The second priority is her 10, and henchmen. We want to what we can to get rid of this Tory government.
"And then bottom of the list comes the money.' It was clear from the Steel Sheet meeting that there is a high level of militancy among Llanwern strikers with a generalised distrust of HICI the national union leaderships. Trot