Gardner's occupation is now official

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Sona to steward need trom every On tion! 'THE decision to make strike official has great psychological effect. It has given us a sense of security. Our morale is fantastic!' That was the reaction Macafee, AUEW convenor at the Gardner's plant in Manchester, to the news that the AUEW na tional executive had made against redundancies official.

Now in the third week of their struggle, the Gardner s workers are digging in and organising to win for their action Macafee explainyve ve sent correspondence to every diviorganiser and district secretary in BriConvenor 'We are asking them to distribute the informatior convenor and on their register.

In line witn our appea financial backing possible factor! We'd also like to invite Tony Benn to come up to Gardner's and give us his Monday the Daily Mirror had a full-page article supporting the occupaSocialist Challenge 23 October 1980 In the Manchester area the Gardners occupation is meeting with a tremenAlready a second major engineering Ward olou Goldstone in Salford have said that if necessary they will take strike action at the end of the 90 day notice they've been given of redundancies.

A meeting of the AUEW Broad Left has decided the call from the North Manchester shop stewards' quarterly meeting and campaign for the Manchester district o the Confederation and Shipbuilding unions to call an extraordinary meeting of Confed stewards to mobilise against unemployment and organise support for Gardners The most effective way TalS would through an all-Mancheste day of action in support of Gardner's and against Every mornina " the strikers organise a mass the factory Food and enter lammens are begmng le get sorted out. Last Saturthe • Ti0E The War Game was shown inside the factory.