SUPPORT has built up in the Birmingham area Lee Greenock.
women from the occupied plant, spent three Tuesday, April, pm. 1 nree after their arrival, Christine and Walsall Mane womer's grous. nervous because she has never 10.30um, Southalls sanitary towel tory. The representative from the chosworKes USDAW promises an appeal already dorated to the An elis branch, which has strike fund.
11.30am, HP Sauce met by Don Bennett from the ransport union. who introduces us to John Bradley of the union's whiteACTS. They Collar promise aollaturis and shopfloor collection 12.30pm, BL Longbridge. We are refused entry to factory. so the unnon reos un us i ran will send money send mones immediately and that they will fon a une next tolle show stewards meeting.
leans should be organised in the TGWU Lucas Aerospace. Again we have to meet in a pub. Brian Salisbury P and besides offerine Griffiths financial support they give us several local lactories Anses brewery noisy welcome here - chanting and singing Christine speaks up when worker suggests that the Lee Beans a sual co fight. The striking workers Jeans occupation in Christine and Anne-Marie, two young donate £26 promise invited to their and strike meeting. soclai Evervone agrees that inose in struggle must stick together. .30pm. ednesbury TRW engineering imMosere aullalt. mediately and promises to ger further support in the area, factory haven't time to visit.
Cadbury 4 sunm.
Schweppes helpful. She wants us to speak emergency Steve which would have visited had they not gone on strike that morn Both promise financial SHOOTE. and Pat will put motion to as anon calling for trades council sup7.30pm, Socialist Challenge meeting. Christine speaks again, mucn iess neTShe remarks on how much help they've received socialists. Pat Hickey com ments on how the str Greenock is the kind of leac birmingnam necas Mark France from YCND points out how it's no accident that it's youth who are reading ine way in wrecnock. Brixton, and CND. A collection raises £43.
10am, Rover mursaur.
Tyseley. We are thrown off the site by the industrial relanons oncer WHO Consuch. our presence inappropriate. A union deputation led by Bot Whiskins meets us at the gates and is very constructive. THREE thousand people marched on Saturday from Hampstead to Dollis Hill (above), the site of a nuclear
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days last week visiting a number of factories and speaking at meetings in and around Birm- ingham. This is a diary of their solidarity trip.
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