Cal Torce ine ment's hand. The UCS work-in signalled the end of the Tory's 'lame-duck' policies, which would have willulawn support firms facing bankTunitic It prepared the ground for the massive anti-Tory movement which developed around the 1972 and 1974 miners' strikes.
To do this the Linwood WOrKCIS, the miners and other sections of workers should directly challenge the Tory government.
The leadership of the struggle Communist Party Jimmy Reid and James Airlie, fully supported by the Scot'Many of us will think that nationalisation is the answer. Some mont say bring down the government greetec rapTHE NEWS came through on Wednesday morning Talbot car plant at was to be shut with the loss of 4,800 jobs.
While the shon 'upstairs' getting the news from the manacement letter explaining the reconcancy would receive. An aiven — atortv-vear-old worker witr eleven years at Linwood would get £4,000.
For a time it seemed that the The Tories to Linwood through tish population.
stewards were une workers rece ver the closure and Frighten payments une!
example was tion frighten off was goina have been ingston, sale 'and throughput is.
Militant different idea on the dole immediate Bain, Socialist Challenge:
give the go-ahead to if joint Shop Jimmy Livwood nationalised that taken up The wood, the Scottish See workers wood which would lose the support of 'moderate' Scottish opinion.
STUC hopes to force the provide jobs at Linwood building 'protest' move ment from all sections of the Sco1 have been eld with Tory Mist Already Chamber of Commerce and Scottish CBI representatives.
The trade unions will be expected to campaign without industrial acargued, would business people. And any campaign which is developed won't be allowed to develop into a campaign against the Tories.
The pressure is already being felt The company's plans to run the plant 'flat-out' for the next three monins accepted Jimmy the TGWU convenor, has bragged openly about how 'respon sible' the workers are going to be 'We intend working normally,' he we'll show them No one is going point the tinger at us. No one is goinc to say that we are the wreckers shop-stewards have "nev • are arauina fo industrial action Peter TGWU shop steward, , told 'We need to go into occupation as soon as possible an occupation is the best way of developing solidarity.
Massive support can be won in the working class throughout Britain action other sectors threat like the and steelworks is linked to a campaign to kick out the Tories and to get LinThe demonstration in Glasgow called by the Labour Party is going to be very important. Ihroughoul Lne demonstration the workers at Linthe miners and the must shown that they are backed to the full.
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