Bernard Connolly, crafts leader and a member of the unofficial national strike committee.
It is a comment which is likely to be repeated by thousands of steelworkers across the country. The 15.5 per cent offer was just another way of demanding that the surrender to the dictates of the bosses and the Tory government.
That was always likely to headed by Lord Lever. While in the Wilson and Callaghan governments — but ten pial Harold Lever this 'the specimen was known as City's man' in the Labour cabinet The right-wing Sunday Telegraph once praised him a: 'having comparably the astutest financial brain in the cabinet'. Lever once wrote: "The government's job is to help to create the conditions witch HOIC opportunities for profitable Investment. South Yorkshire steel that it can't afford to pay more than 15.5 per cent, he told the Daly Express ir May 1978:
'Market forces must be allowed WOLL that industries which can afford to pay better wages are allowed Profits are not a dirty word.' In the same interview Keys also voiced his support for the House of Lords - no doubt he hopes to end up there ald sale. I don't want Labour a te time I'm very sad there isn't a stronger Liberal Party so that I could vote for that sometimes.' With such a membership, it was always odds on that the inquiry would come out 1 1c scandal is that Bill Sirs and others in the ISTC leadership must surcy have khown us ISTC Bụt content agreeing to the inquiry in the *re ace ven aven that it don't cover the issue of jobs, Sirs along leading nis members into tne trap even after the prejudiced make-up of the inquiry team was announced And now he even SuDDUlLulE the inquiry's findings.
Which is why it would be useless blame Lever, Maren or kevs for wintane inquiry has produced - they were only pursuing their proWomen steel workers on 9 March TUC demonstration against the Tory government. Despite the sell out ruling class, "profits at all costs philosophy which they nave aways lolowcu It is the union leaders who are responsible for. the mess in wuct uiemoury das dunnocu the steelworkers. The need to ignore that inquiry and step up the strike is obvious. Other are sonthis page show that militancy many stee workers tendis The slogan to be shouted - at Lever. Marsh. Keys anc Bill must be: No NO
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