SACKED FOR BEING -GAY JAMIE GOUGH, BRENDA Parry steelworker's wife recently announced her leading an anti-strike march March. The hungry for such events, gave The police refused to stop the traffic for Brenda Parry's DIle eight followers marched along the pavement looking like a shopping expedition. The and their jeer the anti-strike march in fair nombers restricted Slaughter as Parry and her friends arrived outside the local ISTC headquarters.
The media was sorely cisappoited that its efforts had been wasted The steelworkers were delighted. SUPPORT is growing for the workers who are in their third week of occupation of the Stone Platt textile manufacturing plant in Oldham.
labour movement locally is the occupation against closure a TOCUS in the fisht. unemployment in an area which has seen widespread PAULINE ROE, NUS Executive, personal capacity TWO hundred students administration area of Essex University in protest against ¡ncreases in overseas students' fees and cuts in housing for first year students.
generai meeting of the students union on 26 February. + University te take control of the Union building after an earlier general meeting had offered facilities University's action would lead to redundancy. They returned to work, and the steelworkers came to stay:
general meetings.
Students Union, The University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 35Q.
redundancies, particularly ir week manufacturer announced Despite the failure of the Engineering Union executive make the occupation sere occupying the The students decided to accupy at a 350 strong emergency Tempers had been roused stresdy following threats by the steel strikers.
Staff in the Union building went on strike fearing that the The occupation at Essex will be reviewed by future student Telegrams of support can be sent to the official, the powerful • north and south Manchester districts or the AUEw nave endorsed the and thousands of haye been conscied Workers at the Aircraft Corporation plant in Oldham, who are considering a walk out over the sale of on stock market, plan to mard to Platts to hold a joint mas meeting Meanwhile, - part of a multinational - is offering substantial Hallaze Ims ip place ther lorries on stand-by to remove Elom of machinery from the The boss of the national Edward Hawkings, who is president of the 45...
Employers' :Federation and La pamphlet guidelines for employers on how to smash strikes.
The Platts workers need solidarity company's 20 other plants. As Eddie Holland, the works Says. Says. them out with us.?
Several have already been visited, Galle stewards were nave agreca lo consider ½ holding : mass meetings.
Eddie Holland, Lord Street, Oldham, Lancs.
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