By Tessa van Gelderen LAST Saturday's magnificent demonstration for jobs in Cardiff, showed once again that the labour movement is prepared to take on the Tories. But it also showed, yet again, that the leaders of our movement are not prepared to take action that will finally get rid of Thatcher and Co.
convenor at Rover, hull said 'The speakers at the rally are very long on rhetoric, but very short on DolCes. truc, Ine pialat greal length about detence spending, the Common Market thing was said about action.
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Socialist Challenge 9 July 1981 Page 2 tion from those sections of workers who are fighting against the Tories. Laurence Scott workers who are occupying against closure were not allowed on the platform.
Instead, Alex Kitson, acting general secretary of the Union, made a pious statement on their behalf. Ambulance WOLACIS trom ocollallu. who are leading the struggle nationally over their If you would like to be put in touch with Socialist your area or would like pay claim were similarly barred.
La shop steward ainoulalic WOLKCIS *socialist Challenge, it would have been very embarrassing to have an ambulance worker speaking on the same platform Alan Fisher, general secretary public service union, NUPE.
'In his speech, John Deery pointed out, 'Fisher never once mentioned one person who's in dispute. And no wonder. OS JON explained, 'He's sitting on Fisher is just not backing We're sick oi coming out on partial stoppages. To win we have to have an NOI placards sum up the
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