IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Jobs crusade starts May Day!

· Socialist Challenge No. 180, 15 January 1981 · p. 3 of the scan · 369 words

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London West region of the TUC.

demonstrations of British working people.

When 150,000 people demonstrated against unemplovment in Liverpool last November it was obvious that a bitter mood of hostility Thatcher's government up. Now time to press forward CalllDals! unemployment, with the 21 February demonstration Glasgow and the Liverpool to London march.

march will Liverpool after a big rally in the town and pass through Warrington, Manchester, Stockport, Macclesfield, Stoke and Walsall. It will stop Birmingham, Midlands UCATT is already planning a rally, and Coventrv. After that it will make its way to London.

Barrv Williams, the president of Liverpool Trades Council who is helping organise the march for the North West reported that ine organisers hope that the march will met each labour movement organisations and town councils.

Part demonstration's activity Will organisation of a national petition against unemployment.

And everv factorv will be asked to sponsor a few fellow workers or unemployed people to ›o on lne cemorsa tion. When it arrives in town.

the late altellious delegations will be sent local factories.

for demons alon essential. The organisers are mobilising VUL material and seeking sponThe organising commitSULD tee nopes to establisn a nasupported by the North The march will take a month to reach London, for a huge rally near Westminster on 29 May. If the period between now and May is used to build the march properly, it will be one of the greatest ever tional committee soon and is seeking the establishment of local support committees on the route.

It is a dreadful indictment of the national TUC that this the great demonstration has been the Since last April's 'Day of Action', Len Murray has gone nas rocketed Murray has almost Icave deserted his post. unemployment million literally TUC research which includes somewhere working.

acGet a resolushop for the against Barry West TUC St, reate Part of the 150,000 crowd at Liverpool's antiunemployment demonstration last November. bigger.

ur Week!

Organisers hope that the May march will be even Socialist Challenge 15 January 1981

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