workers South Yorkshire! Join forces on 25 January to protest against this Tory they are crucifying the living standards of our people.
This is the call from the South Yorkshire engineering and steel committee for a 24 hour stoppage of work and day of action to start a campaign Closures and redundancies in steel and engineering over the last 18 months are affec ting the whole region. Unemployment figures now match the national average and are likely notust that closures in stect and engineering cause closures and redundancies in left Labour leader of Sheffield City C'ouncil pointed out an a meeting of shop stewards an I1 January.
Government proposals for cutlue back on local authority spending also have a knock on effect. Public spending cure don't simply mean redundancy at the town hall. they also mean Il is this interdependence of different ser dorsthat explain why the call for action include. workersin transport boseas and once poon:
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Bill Owen, president of the South Yorkshire Association of Trades Councils explained that the aim of the day of action would not simply be a protest against unemployment. In his view. the campaign also has to oppose government cuts in local government spending and the pro.
The alternative policies he put forward are those of the TUC and the alternative cconomic le meetne on the January hoard s reports of the response to the appeal. In British Steel for example, although the crafts commitlee has received the support of its members it appears that the ISTO has not even informed the Mineworkers were reported as saying that their contribution will be winning the strike baller are conne a from see or 100 tradinonally well organsed engmeering plant A proposal to use pickering to make the 2t hour strike effective was viciously rejected by their alternative was to have a chat' with different Hovener morong numbers of peonic u the labour Party and trade unions are realising that simple talking is not the was to bed the li this can be espersed on 2s lamar then
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