IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Union leader

· Socialist Challenge No. 129, 10 January 1980 · p. 3 of the scan · 233 words

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and hold markets.

until 1982.

other EEC countries inquiry into import controls.

country attack.

mistakes in the past.

unions affiliated to the committed to this.

stee must Electrician LE MANSI acrimony unions, the and the ISTC. let them divide and rule. they needed enough — we want to get involved.

Secretary Welsh TUC:

66 We Beof the vize ment BSC should be investigated. They've never attempted to win markets We want a stay of execution • We went the ! management investigated, and we want subsidies on British coal and steel in line with all and an imports You have to accept some cuts but the workers of this serious We've made Now I think we should fight it out.

On 21 January we want a mini-general strike. All the 17 TUC involved in steel are massive Ebbw Vale: 5,000 jobs lost DEREK is a member of the AUEW at Port Talbot:

THE Tories are out t smash the unions. If th plans of BSC go through Port Talbot will be a ghost town Everyone has to stand up and Management is relying on between the craft Blastfurnacemen We can't y MARLENE, a computer worker and ISTC member at Llanwern:

66 ISTC said they'd call on women for picket duty if them but they willing claim they don't need us at the This is good

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Computer worker

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