AS LORD McCarthy reports on flexible rostering in the on the On Thursday 22 April we took 80 workers down to Rail House in London to demonstrate, an Works, Shildon were about 400 in all.
Friday we had a mass meeting 2,300 explain the Clues lo situation, and Monday we had a mass walkout of the workforce noon march through the town of Horwich the local people. Local labour MPs Roger Stott and Ann Taylor pledged their support for fighting The next big nion focus is the Railwaymen delegates London May to discuss Park Rd, London E7 or phone 01-470 2822.
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Socialist Challenge 6 May 1982 rail industry, 'This includes 1,660 at Horwich near The engineers at these workshops will fight the redundancies nationally. I'll be pushing for our union icaders lo call d national rail strike and to of miners, steelworkers as well as railworkers.
This issue could bring COWE the Tory government. and that's where we should be aiming. now. We'l fight to the bit- The ter end to save our jobs.
We've got to fight this thing on a national level. link up Shildon, Swindon and wherever we can get support. There's plans to cut 15-20,000 jobs up to 1986.
Just as the government are trying up Steel and Airways and hive off the:
Socialist Teachers Alliance DAY CONFERENCE on the Alternative Economic Strategy and Labour Party Saturday 15 May Countv Hall. London Correct correspondence uddress: STA c/o 143a Ha Socialist Challenge/Revolution Public meetings Denis Barry works convenor and strike committee chairperson Laurence Scott - the lessons Thursday 6 May: Glasgon City Hall, Candleriggs at 7.30 Tuesday Il May: East London ramily cenire, so Rectory ka, Nio al 1.30 SOCIALIST CHALLENGE BANKER'S ORDER FORM .Monthly ..And on the same date in the month thereafter. best bits for private enterprise they're doing the same thing Rail.
Horwich, after they've cut most or the workforce they plan to sell the mechanised foundry — one of the most modern in Europe = vale ill dustry.
Last week at the Crewe had GEC reps Works Cheshire, BR in looking the place over, I'm sure for a similar motive.
It's a hard fight but we can win it. We've got to ook at une exocacie ol others as well. We've had the Scoti workers here a couple of times during their dispute. raising money, showing solidarity.
Now we need the experience and assistance of others to help us. As one oI the laas sala lo me le other day, 'We can make the laurence scott dispute look like a tea party: Engineers working on trains AT SWINDON plans are in hand for demonstration on Friday 7 May. . Not only will there be the job loss but the apprentice school is to close as well. At one time there were 14,000 workers and only 3,500 remain.
The works committee has drawn up which includes: • pressure on the TUC for a tiaht for an invest ment programme and against the closures @ lobbying MPs on modernisation and electrification •a call for blacking of all work designated for Swindon • talks ASLEF, NUR and TSSA about blacking • lobbying the local permission on the land for anything railway work •lobbying management about training schoo The works committee had cooperated with retirement against OT ficial NUR policy.
Alaun Rees, works committee chairperson Terry Stewart of the Bristol District Labour Party Photo: Morning Star now says, 'We let more than 100 men out of the door without fuss ho bothy repad us bother and The leader the local Labour Group Jim Masters said, When took early retirement I thought I was helping a lad to get But there's been a job no discussion and the obvious step total closure.
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Rail has announced 5,000 redundancies in its workshops. Bolton, about 2,200 at Shildon, County Durham and 1,293 at Swindon. are fighting mad. Telly viewers have seen the whole town of Shilden
threatened loss of so many jobs central to the town's economy. NIS GREEN, deputy works convenor at Horwick about the fightback.
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