IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Engineering workers take

Socialist Challenge No. 167, 9 October 1980 · p. 1 of the scan · 233 words

The scan: sc-n167-oct-09-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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Fight for We interview Gardner's workers in occupation -pages 8/9 The conference and its aftermath - pages 2/3 TWO the second in the plant every day.

.This is the first time during that WULACIS ua larsebldl Have stoog up to recucancy The occupying.

determination the Gardner's workers was expressed bs AUEW member who Dianl. LOld nauenee recognised finally stopped, one's vou c vermene m nanc IVOW Tew workers are come what ine others din't have the guts to do engineers ana une miner Thatcher would have had to give in. T' teae same unith the leaving it until now without a fight. They should tu ve starteu nemae us soor Thatcher's government thousand four engineering workers at Gardner's, largest The occupation has prevented management from moving machinery and carrying out their 're-organisation' plan. The whole workforce is Tory the John Lefley, Foundry works at the -DoCLalIs want nowsane leaders who crocodile unemployment DI CUISCIy HOLHE Last Tuesday's meeting AUEW retused even Gardner's.

Secretary John Boyd told a three-person delegation that discussed because it 'hadn't whole cone trousuorooer oroCOTes Unemploy- boya wouldn t even let the Gardner's delegation use the phone to ring the plant!

It is vital the Gardner's action to save jobs hundred Friday 10 Oct Brighton

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plant in Manchester, have occupied their plant in a determined effort to prevent the 590 redundancies which management are demanding.

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