Socialist Challenge1980Socialist Challenge No. 141, 3 April 1980Massey Ferguson workers lay-off bosses
by John Kirby · Socialist Challenge No. 141, 3 April 1980 · p. 6 of the scan · 139 words
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A NATIONAL delegate conference Massey Ferguson workers. met earlier this week to discuss the fight against redundancy within the construction machinery company.
The workers Massey's plant in Knowsley, Who Have Decl occupation for over a month, were expecting the conference to back tell action Hayden Burns, chairperson of the Knowsley shop stewards Says. *Management called us in on 11 February and told us that the future Our response continue production, was lU but nothing allowed out.' The digger-loaders assembled at the plant stayed put until 3 March.
They called us in again," us that there would have to be layoffs because nothing was getWe had no alternting out. ative but to layoff the management.
'They turn up here every morning asking for their factory back' Support donations to: c/o Hayden Burns, Kempton Park Rd, Aintree, Liverpool Iv.