IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Plesseys takes up the Laurence Scott torch

· Socialist Challenge No. 238, 17 March 1982 · p. 5 of the scan · 386 words

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WE'VE been thinking hard over the last couple of weeks. What more could we have done? The Laurence Scott bailiffs, helicopters, union sellouts, and lorries driving over our pickets. There's only one conclusion you can come to:

Boyd, bureaucrats in our engineering union.

Issued by Laurence Scott Joint shop s Laurence Scott strike bulletin number 4 now out. 5p from LSE strike committee, 20 Roundcroft, Romiley.

workers have had to face get rid of Duffy, Ken Cure and the rest of the sellout Reductions for bulk.

This is not just because of LSE. It's for the sake of workers Leyland, Plessey's and Ford name but a few.

It sickens me to think that the trade union movement which was only built being abused by a handfus through bitter struggle, of misleaders.

once did they stand up for us during the whole eleven months of our dispute We saw our. selves as trade unionists who were willing to light for jobs for the generation With the battle to come. drawing to close Scotts, we see the torch being kept alight by Plessey's in Scotland.

but must never allow what happened at Scotts to happen again.

achieve this Is by campaigning for socialist policies. and ridding the movement scum which is controlng ll al the moment. One way of ing towards this objective is by supporting our fight Role We must remember the role that the right wing in the AUEW blay This is not for the AUEW 1USI tallivalsil members but for the movement as a whole So far we have received about 150 resolutions. need 2i tor the rule to be implemented.

There is an urgent need to raise the issue. Not only m your umon brancaes vul in the stewards' commitTees and broad meetings We have now Drouulcu a tourth strike bulletin. I ask you to request some from the strike HRead the truth abour one of the greatest present aay battles and also the need to support the rule 14 campaign if Kee OC branch passes the resoluthe • copies must be returned to us so that we can monitor the stage the callivall is al The need to get rid of Duffy and Boyd gets more urgent every day. God only knows what they will do to us under Tebbit's laws.

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