IMGpapers 1980–83

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

BSC plan more Welsh closures

Socialist Challenge No. 168, 16 October 1980 · p. 3 of the scan · 463 words

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On 9 October a British Steel Corporation spokesperson speculated that more steel jobs are to threatened 'reshaping of the has confirmed fears that the Welsh steel plants at Port Talbot and Lianwern could face further cutbacks.

Unity with steelworkers throughout the country is uppermost in Llanwern Action Group, the rank and file organisation. months they have attended many national meetings and lobbies to put their case. At a fringe meeting at the recent Labour Party conference Ray Davies explained the bitterness of to save jobs. He told the 260 delegates at the meeting that the arganising talks with the Tories. action 35-hour Emlyn Williams, Wales Miners, backed run oute u ecutive now have a clear mandate to take in25,000 be axed. The ¡austry and the minds of the South In the last few al lne lauure or me 1uc 35-hour we ke intends ing week instead President of the South Ray Davies' condem- unions to "The South Wales Exat dustrial ation against pit closures,' he said.

"The unions nationally their minds whether trade unions or bodies consultants I01 we eventuall Shoose to fies We wil nocee bound by come Wales miners stitutions and rule books any longer.' With welsh unemo ovment rising. others have joined the Llanwern Action Group in a action.

Talbot last week: working class of Wales to take control of the economy through the physical occupation of threatened plants.' Labour MP Ray Howell has called for the put pressure on the TUC to call a general strike to save Jobs The Llanwern Action Committee bulletin have to make up we are working class of worker directors immediate The clear on this, further Dafydd Elis new LAC Steel Sheet is distributed around the threatened plant by the thousand. They are campaigning for the official plant unions to begin an overtime ban, and to withdraw from any bodies which imply acceptance of redundancies. They want strike action in the event of any plant closures anywhere in the country. meeting at the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation conference on 22 November. The pamphlet Fightback for Jobs ex"The Tories have manazed to close major steel plants with little or no leadership trom the trades unions. The cold bureaucratio hands of the steel unions have divided the workforce into their individual parts, where, isolated and dispirited, , they agree to accept redundancy payments.

The LAC are convinced that the struggle for policies that can save jobs must begin in national a fringe earnest.

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Unemployment is threatening every worker in Tory Britain. The LAC are giving backing the Labour Co ordinating Committee conference in Leeds on 1 November. They call on other steelworkers and active trade unionists to join them.

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