billion, with Britain accounting is for one fifth of this that BSC's target of 20,000 job SECULLS cuts by next year, including partial or total closure of Ravenscraig is only the start.
there was speculation refore the EE meeting that industry minister Patrick Jenkin closeral election for tear of until after embarrassing and electorally costly resistance. He would attempt to get EEC backing for further cash injections to tide the Government over.
But he doesn't seem to PUBLISHED BY THE IRON & STEEL TRADES CONFEDERATION Steel union leader Bill Sirs is proudly parading his platform mayors, merobers Tort MPs and the business world in a common front toreign steel ports. But imports are not the problem facing British steel workers.
demand for steel has plummeted as the insane rules of the capitalist economy play themselves out. So in the eighteen months the second quarter of 1980 and the end of 1981, de mand for finished steel manutacturers fell by 30 percent Between 1979 and 1982 UK steel production dropFrance who in September cut off all road and rail acCES their town tor weekend to stop redunthe steelworkers of the Ardenwho fought pitched battles with police in their recent jobs fight. French and Belgian steelworkers have kept up this response for years, which may explain why the axe has not fallen so heavily on their heads.
These are lessons which the steel leaders should have their noses rubbed, stee workers demanding national strike action now the bloodletting goes any further