IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Llanwern Steelworks We need a fight on unemployment

Socialist Challenge No. 165, 25 September 1980 · p. 11 of the scan · 369 words

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LLANWERN Steel Action Group are holding a fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference discuss fightback for jobs. We asked them what they hoped to get out of it.

Ray Davies (Sec, Llanwern): The basis of this meeting is the need for action now to defend jobs. We want the king of meeting that has not taken place at the Labour Party conference for 20 years.

How many millions will it take before the Labour Party stops cooperating Tories? We have to take the fight away from the Parliamentary Labour Party and into our own hands. Will it be 3, 4 or 5 million unemployed before the TUC declares war and calls national strike action?

Wyndham Conniff (ISTC):

We demand action now; it may Garry Finch (ISTC): We have a ridiculous situation in the finishing end at the moment: the packing been transferred from one section to another, so that while group workers sit around their heels, others are doing ISTC overtime. This has to stop we have to argue for an overtime ban to start with.

Wyndham Conniff: The action group was formed out of across union barriers to keep Tene chaos of the steel strike alive the militancy to organise a fightback.

Ray Hill (redundant steelthe worker and Sec, Monmouth CLP): have, politics to the fore. Politics is only effective in the class struggle. This is the socialist movement. steel respectable; there is not enough involvement union branches would like to see strengthened at of That's kicking might be a good idea.

CLPs getting supporting the Llanwern Steel Action Group, and the Right to Work March.

Also when

picketing in Bristol South East, there were members of the constituency line with us.

There should be joint action committees formed so that, in the only the event of the dock strike takto bring ing place, organised members, miners, workers and steelworkers with crux or lac the dockers to wage the most is too effective struggle.

between trade and CLPs. these links local level. why factory branches face : up responsibilities involved, Britain's role in Ireland -went party on the picket the conference debate for Wednesday.

Step could have Party railway for 'animal welfare important founding

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