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THE connection between British Oxveen workers at the company's Hackney depot and the Llanwern Action Committee WUs strengthened at a meeting in the heart of the South Wales valleys sponsored by Socialist Challenge.
MICKY Bouller, deputy convenor at BOC, and Ray Davies, branch the steelworkers' union ISTC. were ine speakers the meeting, held in the mining community of Trehafod last Vith the nearby Ty-mawr pit facing closure, discussion centrea leadership to fight over jobs in steel and coal.
Ray Davies reportere lobby of the TUC held by the Llanwern Action Committee on 2s June, ana ine meeting was unanimous in demanding that Len Murray and Georg Wright, Wales TU0 stop selling jobs.
Micky Boulter told us that the and Bristol were refusing any work dancies in Hackney, and empnastsea ine neea sor a national fightback over jobs.
A conference ployment is to be neta on. ev July in Hopkinstown, where a meeting was held during the recent unemploment in Wales. June, disrupting the preparation of this year's Proms.
anyway the lead had to come from the individual unions and not the TUC. He forgot to mention action on jobs at the press conThe steelworkers told the press: 'We are horrified by what we experienced today. know already that we cannot rely on our own union leaders like Sirs and Duffy. It's just disgusting that the so-called leader of our MORE than 500 musicians, including a band floating on the Thames, lobbied Parliament on 27 June against threatened sackings by the BBC. The Corporation intends to cut five orchestras, involving the loss of 170 jobs. The BBC musicians have been on strike since 1 it.
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