FOLLOWING the shock ment of the total closure of Seneffe plant in workers in the plant immediately occupied and are now work-in. 3,500 cars have pounded by the workers' tee, who are threatening to sell them and any others finance the strike fund.
As well as 2,800 jobs at the BL plants a further 2,000 jobs are in danger in companies manutacturing components and machine tools. This is a region already hard hit by unemployment.
The actions of the Seneffe workers come in the wake of a rising tide of inannounceBL's Hitherto, Belgium, the operating been im- strike. commitOn produced to help against LIEUt measures and rapidly ments dustery rising unemployment (see page 10).
British steel workers, have been renowned for their 'moderation'. In the plant's 17 years of operation there has never been a Saturday a demonstration organised through the centre of Seneffe led by a mass convoy of cars, blocking all traffic for several hours. Workers in all other British plants in Belgium are being called on to take sympathy action. Seneffe workers will also be taking up their struggle during a national strike the government's measures on Thursdav.
Unfortunately the leaders of the trade like the on British workers.
Wing circulated that benefit from this closure was nonsense.
threatened with redundancy.
The Revolutionary The (LRT) and the Group Belgian the Fourth austerity of Belgian and British workers tion of the workers away from identifying BL as the enemy, to putting the blame A false notion is beBritish workers will The idea that what is bad for home workers is good for foreign workers, put about by the advocates of import controls, is once against shown to be a Cowley workers who make kits for the Seneffe plants are Workers League Marxist and British sections of will be distributing a common leaflet to the plant this week showing the common interests
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