NCB Nantgarw/ Windsor called upon S Wales trade Newport on Monday night Colliery union leaders in the steel coal and rail industries to South Wales Area organise a triple alliance in defence of jobs in all three industries.
The meeting was supLlanwern Talbot and plants in S Wales, together with miners and lodge ofT10125 Wales members and many other trades unionists.
Speakers the triple alliance of rail coal and steel unions could e a powerful instrumen or saving jobs in S Wal as it has the Ravenscraig calling Now they need support. leadership to get moving demands are not met by the Board, we must go out on strike to win them."
Dai explained the comof the NUM to the triple alliance and Arthur Scargill's attempt to unions.
Wales miners would par ticipate in any meaningful triple alliance to fight in defence of our jobs and communities, Dai Ray Davies; a member of the largest steel union, ISTC, in Llanwern stressed what a victory it was in to have Ravenscraig from closure He explained that his had been done ov the activa tion of the triple by pressure from the rank and file. Ray argued that build -HOW pressure from the regions national alliance and that the recent shift to the left in the ISTO executive would help this.
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must socialist would an- need above that of nasent 4m unemployed.
Socialist Challenge 14 January 1993 hoping for a Labour v Hus! sta organising now to be rea to defend our plants al whether the ne Tory Labour. The message mi from this meeting our regional and natior leaders - we will fight f Lyons fro the Port Talbot steelwor supported the call for t alliance and phasised that we simply rely on trade uni do it.
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agreement that the step must now be to bu organise more ra support various unions and plan Finally, the meeting ple ed support to the SW He HIC Dare!
secure future for their dustry and jobs. rescinding of the decision 30 tonne lorries which will do so much to destroy DUE -CH transport more heavin SIES The cost maintaining road transport would have maintenance cleaning which presently met from a varie estimates that in 516,000 lorries tonnes gross imposed costs t2,080m. Subtheir tax yield, each lorry was subsidised The rail unions' answer to Sherpell and the Tories be the fight for transport policy backed up-by industrial ac tion if necessary. This will put profit, it will also begin to create the sort of jobs necessary to seriously dent the pre-