IMGpapers 1980–83

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

The Wales TUC had betterwatchout!

Socialist Challenge No. 140, 27 March 1980 · p. 8 of the scan · 587 words

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proviem we are racing.

"The policy the National Union Mineworkers on job protection, as at the delegate London corterence week, is that accept colliery closures as a coal".

the NUM should not just lend it official but out and Ine support rank and file miners. If the NUM executive is unwilling to trere will De no lack of others who will. holiday for a large number of South Wales youth.

home in front of the television possibly soaking up the sun in their garden, the youth will be going up and down the valleys support for the unemployment.

would cause widespread unemployment in South Wales. estimate that sthere unemployed in Wales by early next year — and this is probably a cautious estimate. It's not surprising that everywhere you go people are talking about the '30s.

everyone's lips in South among young people. It's the youth who nave most to lose if the closures go through - it will mean that they will have to leave theit home face unemployment.

miners and steelworkers in an all-out strike on jobs failed through insufficient organisation at a rank-and-file level. The miners voted against this action in a pithead ballot.

The Wales pressure when it called a day of strike action in Wales against cuts and closures. But it fell ove itself to call it all off when Len Murray put on Ine pressure While other people are sitting at For drumming up fight against Closures planned for steel and mining Even government figures will be 150,000 The cuts, the closures, and the Tories are on Wales, particularly the prospect of continuous The attempt earlier this year to link the TUC was responding to loca Wales cannot defend jobs and living standards on its own.

organise a united front against the government and to win policies which save and create jobs rather than demolishing them.

The South Wales unemployment is an important step towards this all-out fight in defence of jobs.

With the significant backing of the South Wales NUM and the Port Talbot steel strike committee Irom une steel mining valleys will march to the Wales TUC to demand that it takes decisive action to halt job loss.

In the Port Talbot area over 70 youth have Rhondda. Young women who work in garment factories in thè Rhondda threatened Cardiff hospitals are expected to join along the route.

This is the kind of initiative which can work to galvanise workers in South unemployment. Iney talk about the being deprived of a future — come to them and demand that they organise TE ACTU The Wales TUC had better watch out on 9 April. Young people of Wales will be banging on their doors, insisting that those who call themselves labour leaders behave like leaders.

And that means a vigorous push for united working class recall Wales TUC should meet to organise a class-wide struggle in defence of jobs..

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