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· Socialist Challenge No. 228, 14 January 1982 · p. 14 of the scan · 615 words

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al lit aon dutumum smerter, arter une osu strone worktorce sao voreo to oc „ine workers at nvercoroon north the Hignland region, come workers alte notee lo starl d Barne smitched orfte pole to te work-in out ine metal became frozen and thus made t sile adable. the works despite large government suosicies, trom na• beer s•entor subsioisino •ectrciv to the b.an the next three paliy.uvci ycals Aluminum wanted every year untıl zuul!

Faced with 20 per cent levels of localiy workrorce decaea overwnelminol • sat a work-n cesete ine com pany offering redundancy pay 50 pel Socialist Challenge McCreevy was set up to was overseeing the start of limited oro•uction to ensure mat me olanı could go into full production once again.

Archie wcureevy vulvanly vele une oldul ooer to ger te tran out about the wort other British Aluminium com•Coranois mire teneo win cosure with over 1000 jobs at risk.

The Party esponsibilit!

Wilson government in the orouent ie smeter to ocoliana ine potential is rottich working class benine this The govern Scottish politics in 1982 But peume cucuca m ne £16m cola tor lou note after the work in at Invergordon was announced, ts inminecupations and a third one menseves in arane ings Bank office in Glasgow last Friday. The women launched their sitartinn committe our jobs back' sald It was vital Este said LorV. backing them.

Tutule ralKirk centd Iwa. bUs that VUCII inere to get tne rinaly Vest omnan Scott Treezine KOoS Ana cams Scotland ¡ores corTin o xty women cleaners barricadeo atona Aluminium hat trey wor ed for tad lost ane worked had lost the contactlo clean we bank. Ano inev vowed we won t give in until we get The women are being supported by their support is growing for the wvriu art sacina a sil-ilt the Cumbernauld Lovable Bra Tac Line 1OCa trao ec council . The sit-in started last Friday after the women failed to win about factory's Guarantee Senior shop steward Sadie Lang turster retee redundancies and that this factory will remain ' at the Plessev factory The : workforce are prepared to stage a sit-in in a bid these occupations are able to share the lessons of previous bue: UD Jeans • ano Laurence ano ine massive gotential sympathy is tapped in fighting to then these jobs can vc savca. ll wi pe anomer nau in uf Send messages of support to Shop stewards action committee, Invergordon, Highland Region, ocotland.

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THE Action Commitfor Woman's Right to Work holding a meeting to discuss their slogan and should be raised this heading. It will be held on 16 January at Birminenlar unlersil from 1pm to 4pm. Women's Right to Work Demonstration The Labour Party has now been ioined by the workers union NUPE in organising a festival on 5 June and commit tee has been set up.

However Ac tion Committee is still pressing to be held as well and want: trade union and Labour Party bodies to send resolutions to the Labour Party's ecutive and the TUC For information tact 181 Richmond Rd London E8 pilott Ali 07-691 7865.

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Archie shop stowards

cupy the plant to stop it from clo- sing on Wednesday 7 January.

first of the British lose the smelter on New Year's Eve

Work in The company was set on closing

over the last ten years. Aluminium support

ding at over the major issue which will dominate

14 January 1982 s set ustto run the oc cupatiin. ee

Aluminium not going to keep women

In the next few days the action assurances

inspesir! said,

. Unemployment which is stan. Only last week in Glasgow over

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