Leyland trucks- a fight needed | IMGpapers 1980

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THIS week Michael Edwardes announced that the truck and bus division 4.100 workerk sack plan public company.

The changes he has announced go way towards the plans to reduce LV Ltd to an assembly-only operation.

the latest plan, 1,855 jobs are to go at Leyland, Lancashire: and 1,365 at Bathgate.

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Tractor assembly at Bathgate is to be hived off to a private firm.

jobs will go at the Albion axle plant at Glasgow: more will be lost with the closure of Guy works, Wolverhampton.

Leyland Vehicles is organised on a completely different BASIS Leyland Traditionally truck workers have been less militant and more isolated. An enurety separate combine com26 November 1981 mittee exists but it has not wet since 15/0. The task now is to convene this combine at once.

Many workers at the Leyland plant feel bitter about Edwardes, the wages offer and redun dancies. but they also feel isolation and a lack of clear leadership from union officials.

What is needed is a vigorous campaign be mounted within all the truck outside the trade union and labour moveAlready the Lancashire Association Trades and Preston Trades • Counci have pledged help.

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