IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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Socialist Challenge No. 158, 31 July 1980 · p. 12 of the scan · 238 words

The scan: sc-n158-jul-31-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 12 of the scan

ways alle mcals or ensuring lal there will be 'no return to the Thirties' One of the few that does put anything forward comes from the Transport and General Union.

It calls for a campaign to fight the cuts, resist closures and redundancies, establish widespread trainand overtime with an immediate goal of a 35-hour week, control of te troduchon or new technology Workers ing and cies.' by a few simple facts:

*The North of Ireland has the highest unemployment rate and the lowest average wages rates of all the regions ruled by the Tory government.

*The textile and clothing industry is one of the worst hit by job losses. Ann Spencer of the National Union of Garment Workers said at the weekend: 'Five factories a week are clos.

only today I was notified of 400 more redundanAnd what is the wage rate for a dress-maker in this inThe grand sum of Then came the lie that it's unemployed are unwilling to move that they are Switch Thatcher 'I think it is reasonable to expect that there must be some mobility if people are willing to jobs are where are people exto move to? Perhaps had mind the South-east. By comparison with other regions in the Southeast might not be quite as bad, but last month this region had highest increase unemployment in the country.

At the weekend the Cambridge Economic Policy Group Conway NG FRI AUG

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