LOBBY THE TUC FOR JOBS THIS week MacGregor is due to meet the unions for the first time. On the agenda will be the closure of the main Warrington steel plant at Bewsey Road.
Steel management is running down stocks at Warrington and has been turning away orders in preparation for the 19 July closing date.
But the Warrington workers have also been preparing. They have been contacting other mills that can handle their orders, and making sure that their work is boycotted.
Already workers Rotherham. Skingrove, Scunthorpe have decided namale neir orders.
ISTC Warrington Colin Herd TOIC Challenge: 'If we can ensure that no other steelworkers handle our work, then we stand a chance of saving our jobs.
means less jobs for other areas. steel boss but MacGregor intends to cut thousands of jobs. We are in the front line of this fight, but it will be them tomorrow. the next to go in September, and others will follow.' Corporation Warrington been told informally that there is the possibility of part of the plant being sold off to private enterprise. Private industry may want to buy part of the plant - but the experience at Shotton shows that they certainly don't want to save jobs.
redundancy earnest with a lobby of parlia at and the 4,000 Consett workers will be not to there, and CYCL plants should be represented. convenor Socialist sett works committee, week: Forget your internal differences and get together. If you don't it could be your turn next.
We should all be joining forces 'Some might argue that this on a national basis.' ahead per cent.
Consett is stewards have again over At Consett the fight against beginning Wing the fight other BSC costes Committee John Lee, secretary of Consaid last ward plant.
If the closure of Consett goes unemployment in the town will rise to a staggering 40 The Tories are continuing their attacks on the nationalised industries — next in line is coal. As Arthur Scargill put it: The spectre of pit closure once our industry'. He warned that the Coal Board plans to close around 50 pits. Most of these will be in steel areas like South Wales.
MacGregor and the Tories are challenging the steelworkers, this time over jobs. The same response as in the steel strike is necessary - solidarity.
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