Unions in the Bristol asked to collect money g asked to - LUCES DICKe. Coniecuon sheets Colwyn Jones, c/o T. Lucas, Mor Kingswood factory warehouse picketing to save their jobs.
The owners of the company qile sO lovable and have been engaged in a typical asset cash how ratio operation. A 'cash they close the factory in the West of Scotland This So-caled porary crisis incidentally was broucht on Du an un paid order of bras to Libya, whose hearing of the conse quences for the workers immediately agreed to pay for the order.
For eighteen years the Pagan-Lovable company has been in Cumbernauld. supported by grants from the Cumbernauld develop ment corporation, paying SEVE WELDS One woman we spoke to had been getting C87 for a seven-day week a basic rate of f30.
The women workers occupied the factory since the closure was announcwomen are ed in December and were finally evicted and made redundant last Wednesday. 17 February. But they haven't given up Just let them try and stop 200 angry women, said Sadie Lang the con Garment Workers Union.
ChOl picketing the warehouse Whom worth stock is waiting to be While we were there they turned away two lo ries British Home Stores and Littlewoods Another banner lean ing against the factory gate says Cumbernauld is not a new town, it's a broo town' and with 20 per cent unemployment the give up without a fight Many of them are the only 'breadwinners' left in the family They know and that sat enorg and that's government - They talk Socialist Challenge Sadie Lang, Convenor about cutbacks they wanna cut Maggie's legs off, says Margaret, one of the women on the picket.
Their decision to carry on the picketing despite the closure has attracted attention and it looks as if an offer to save the factory might be forthcoming the bossed the government don't want another Lee Jeans and it's clear that the courage and determination of women workers shown In the struggle is certainly comthrough at Lovable Bra 25 February 1982
THE FOUR WEEK old strike to stop 4,000 redundancies at the Bathgate and Leyland, cashire plants of British Leyland Vehicles came to an week as mass meetings Thursday and Friday voted for a return to work.
The vote at Leyland's five plants in Lancashire on Thursday was split down the middle and the vote at Bathgate the following day reflected that decision by voting three to one to return. The votes ware against stewards' tions to defy Michael Edwardes threats to close the whole Truck and Bus operation and continue the demands for withdrawal of redundan cies, an end to outsourcing and hiving Lanend last few days the ECOTEMenta is achievable strike until resolution from and Friday. My colleagues have explained to you that we would be stretched to justify the E180 million capital needed for the present Truck Plan particularly after the strike. The employee representatives alternative plan requiring E600 million is The hard facts are that if we do not achieve normal productivity in the next umandole win not be achievable. In the circumstances / will be recommending to the BL board on Friday that we take steps to cease manufacturing trucks at Leyland and Bathgate unless the management of the trucks business can demonstrate that the plan Brindle read this out but immediately followed this up by reading the text of a SURE Preston District workers was beaten last week by Snipe, boss of Mining Supplies, months ago.
Penning, TASS ACCORDING to last Friday's Daily Mirror the ten month old struggle by Laurence Scott Arthur Doncaster who took over the Laurence Scott group just 18 Convenor Denis Barry (centrel argues with the police and gets arrested; Phil steward, protests at Denis arrest - and gets arrested Committee Under the sycophantic headline Britain s toughest boss' we read see victory as putting one over them all' and It was my way of telling the bug. gers I can't be beaten.
But if you really want to know why 500 police were able to escort 10 lor ree and a counle of dozer scabs through the Scotts bicket line in Openshav Manchester week don't look in the Mirror but listen to the Scolt's workers themselves.
We were defeated by the national union leader ship and the police, not by Snipe. said Denis Barry convenor PINE committee We are staying put in the strike offices along the street from the factory push through the Rule 14 campaign to get a ballot to remove Boyd, Duffy and the executive. We alread have confirmation of 119 branches supporting the campaig We appeal to every AUEW branch in th land to get the other 13 into Peckham Road.
when the strike was still official, it week o TOOK picketing of his Doncaste factory to bring Britain's toughest boss scurrying to the negotiating table was only after Boyd, Dutty and the rest of the nationa COTT CISIS withdrew all union support thet Suise knew that he simply had to wait his It was the consistent series of sell Outs and stabs in the back from the national leadership of the AUEW that CORVETCCE Snipe and police chief Anderton that they could use brute force against an isolated workforce.
even so the massive use of the police day after the Greater Manchester is a testimony to the fighting SHE DELETE AB Scotts workers
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'SUPPORT us because we support you'. This is the sign on the gate outside the Lovable Bra
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