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AS the bailiffs threatened to Laurence Scott workforce, Socialist Challenge backing the strike.

MICK McAULEY, Convenor Ferranti Measurements, Oldham rect what the Scotts workforce are doing.

ELSIE BROAD, FTAT unemployed, ex-shop steward Royal Pride doing at Scotts is great. and be counted.

RITA MITCHELL, doint Union Committee Secretary, ICL us how to do that.

evict the rank and file union leaders from across Manchester spoke about why they're 'What happens at Scotts will affect everywhere else. The employers are all watching this one. So we've all got to win this one by giving our support. I think it's totally cor'Its about time we made a stand. We didn't win at Royal Pride but now everyone facing closures and redundancies have got to back Laurence scott. think what thev' re We should all stand with them 'Duffy and the other union leaders say they're for a fight against unemployment and Laurence Scott are showing Yet the union leadership are sabotag. ug this battle. The best way to get rid of Duffy is to stand up and be counted with Laurence Scott.' Son vuL.

gressive section of the trades union movement nuing their support.

DAVE LEONARD, AUEW Convenor, ICL Ashton area.

so it goes on stead of hiding away in London.

Committee. TOM MACAFEE, Convenor, L. Gardner and 'I'm appalled at the attitude of the Executive Committe, they are completely out of rule. Workers struggling for the right to work for 16 weeks have in effect been sold This dispute is now of paramount importance, it must become a launching pad for a fight by every proThe Manchester North District of the AUEW and every convenor in this area will most certainly be conti'I'm backing Scotts because they are showing the way we can fight back against the terrible state of affairs in this We've got thousands of redundancies in ICL, there's another closure down the road at B and S Massey's, and That's why we're disgusted with the way the EC handled this dispute. It's time the officials came here inI wholeheartedly back John Tocher's (AUEW Divisional Organiser) request for a recalled AUEW National