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bosses their Cavor es meaner Several in general the strongest support tor the marches came • from public sector workers, especially teachers' from NALGO,: all the CPSA.
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In Aberdeen, workers took place. all Those Grampian Women's Action general strike worid workers were on strike.
also strong support for the steelworkers. In Yorkshire 62 out of of NOT much of the action on 14 May made it on to the TV screens or into the Express and the Sun. But TURNBULL and DES In Scotland, the Scottish TUC demonstrations were the many years. In 20,000 people rally in the largest demonstration since 1971. In Edinburgh 7,000 took to the streets in what was probably demonstration There was strong support caster. for the strike action from the Swelled National Union of Railway— 16 of the 19 pits were shut., were closed in Glasgow, but IMG member Hundreds the Scottish NO, NUPE, and EIS workers were on strike.
tions. shorty a demonof 1,400 including strike, public sector and engineering London's dockers.
One of London, the speakers at the Aberdeen Southall rally was Ann Shirley of the attempt Council Group and the International Marxist Group, who received loud applause for her call for action In Court.
Dundee an estimated 20,000 Southall Park, In Yorkshire, there was Day of Action. Nearly 10,000 participated in the rally. people marched in Sheffield, including over 3,000 miners and 1,500 engineering and "lactory, pits WELC TIERNEY closed, as were steel plants in Rotherham and Sheffield.
At the massive City Hall Sheffield, Arthur Scargill called for mass action to force an early general election to get the Tories out. A thousand people marched in Barnsley, while a demonstration of 500 took place in DonAt the Warrington steel plant a mass meeting on the morning of 14 May led to a walk-out after an appeal from Colin Herd. of swelled the size of the Warrington demonstration, to the cheers of other marchers. York and Huddersfield bus In London, there were a large number of demonstracent London's bus crews were on were most of West 3,000 rallied Park, after an by Ealing's Tory have the demonstration banned in the interests of 'public order' was thrown out by the Appeal In the demonstration to there was contingent, and large number of Asian women Pete Alexander appealed for support for the 21 May women's picket of the Chix and Andy Lilley, assistant secretary of Ealing permanent basis.
demonstrated union recognition. Trades Council, called for a SOCIAOI continuation of the organisa- Williams, tion against the Tories on a hundred people outside MAMONA OPRAIL PACTORS CRANICA and Nick secretary of the trades council. Following the success of the festival, the trades council plans a similar venture later in the summer Several other demonstra tions of over a thousand took place in London, including a 3,000-strong march along Street led by In the Manchester area a of some 9,000 people demonstrated, including 5,000 in central Manchester, Photo: SOCIALIST CHALLENGE with other demonstrations in surrounding towns and suburbs. Five of the city's ten bus garages were out strike, but most support came from white-collar and public sector workers.
Birmingham 3,500 CURI people marched to a city centre rally, including : delegations BL's Rover Solihull and Drews Lane Numerous other smaller actions . took place, among them 3,000 who marched in
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in Scotland and the North in particular there were big demonstrations and wide-spread strike action.