ON May Day steelworkers South Yorkshire renewed the worldwide links other during the steel strike. number of leading rank and file militants went to several countries for May celebrations, carrying the and British steelworkers for the help given during their 13 week strike.
The trips were organised the of : Stocksbridge joint stewards committee in contact with rank and abroad.
Brian Molyneux, secretary of the Stocksbridge committee, who went to Venezuela at the invitation there, explained: 'We have many common problems. bosses have international links, so should we. At some stage we have to take on the Common Market's plan for steel, Davignon plan), so we have for bulletin.' Brian visited the Southern Venezuelan CILY of Guyana which is the biggest complex It holds a steelmill COULLY. employing 12,000 workers and producing 2.5m tonnes of steel per year.
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the stewards who invited Brian. "I want to explain our experience or one cry get from them some of their exsteel- perience democratic union as of relate our experience strike' • ne says Other shop stewards set off for Sweden, Longwy in France, Day Germany, Switzerland Belgium.
of Other international link ups between rank and fle workers have also taken place recently. Two weeks the international meeting of rank and file Ford workers was held the in Cologne. Representatives of shop Ford Cologne, Copenhagen and Ford UK were presclil.
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