IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Where Macgregor's axe will fall

Socialist Challenge No. 177, 17 December 1980 · p. 3 of the scan · 260 words

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miners, the public secscallich. and trades councils. LOTT The group aims to co orainate TOSSE GULS fightback against redundan South Wales, and strations to force th official labour movement to Industrial curviunate tion across wales Mobilise The need for such a campaign Wats evicent wHet natcher visited ne fir Cardiff 2,000-s trong pickel with chants of: vague O1 volt bike. we need is a But the Wales TUC dic nothing to mobilise the tens of thousands une week out cout Dicker Much grass roos ac tivity still needs to be done before the Wales TUC and alliance union officials are obliged IAN MacGregor's new closure the present economic crisis.

reduced form sand jobs go wrougu outer Ton. Vale, Rotherham.

Port Talbot and Llanwern works jobs in the last three years.

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plans will affect every steelmaking area in the country. No one is safe from the dole, and the latest 20,000 redundancies will hit areas that have already lost thousands of jobs as a result of Since last march the BSC workforce has been 166,400 to 140,000. Forty-four thouhave gone since September 1979 odorateen one normanor Park Works in Scunthorpe will close immediately with the loss of 2,500 jobs. A further 4,800 jobs will Teeside, Sheffield and The remaining redundancies will come through streamlining and productivity deals. ine corpor tation expects to chop another 5,000 jobs from the in South Wales steel industry has already lost 24.000 Scotland will lose a further 1,000 jobs other areas will face cutbacks of around ten pe

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