defend jobs SHEFFIELD and have called a multi-union conference to fight for jobs to be held in February or March.
The decision was organised by the Sheffield steel working party which consists of steelworkers in both the public and private sectors.
According Yorkshire crafts committee, the body which proposed the resolution, the aim of the conerence is to mobilise the against the Tory offensive.
This was necessary at grass roots level as there had been no leadership coming from the top. All labour movement bodies will be encouraged to send delegates.
Joan Maynard, one of the Labour MPs present, argued that we couldn't wait for the next general election to fight unemployment:
¿Democracy isn't a question of putting a cross on a piece of paper every five years. There won't be after the Tories have finished.
Rotherham national, taken at a meeting to a delegate from South working class anything worth fighting for Six thousand at civil servants' rally picket line WHO EARNS WHAT: THE arming s 980 (S 242.20-191.70 overine de (8)
•12.10 тор 10% (≤) 375.70 263.50 1979 (S) 175.10 129.30 over 1979 (%) 1980 38.3 48.3 Ave. gross 1975(5) .92.0 86.50 163.3 121.6 JcAt Lwo yeals employers pushed through a with thi and DUDDULE Halula two years OI tacks from the BL eyland workers voted by 2 to 1 to reject the pattern of wage settlements is similar. Unemployment is used tớ keep wages down. leadership the Hall cititconti AUNW succeet en driving ; down the national shop Thatcher's police — earning their 75 per cent, in dexed linked pay rise on the 172.90 166.80 23.10 2.70 4.80 15.50 230.30 232.30 225.20. 109.20 130.40 127.70 136.60 32.6 30.6 :17.2 19.4 76.20 79.10 80.30 74.50 126.6 110.9 99.4 106,2 stewards in the settlements at an average of over 20 per cent.
have re jected the 9,5 p •day AUEW forced to cal sanke tion in support of a reduc tion length of Ford's working week:
The Ford settlement will have an effect on the giant Transport Genera Workers Union, whos lead the negotiation mense sme been through unemployment and now stand at driver 180.10 183.00 141.30 118.40 115.20 111.70 4,90 6.80 14.40 15.80 .215 147.50 156.70 128,60113.50 96.30 99.30 93.10 24.5 23.1 68.40 61.40 64.30 55.70 TO6:6 92.8 79.2 million Esso tanker drivers, portant have JUDI ,01. 14.1 percent.
the recession • bites more are deman dins rksharing redundancy. Many workers argumen mat mgact wage. cause unemployment But ow pa settlements VULL the loos usabbcal las three years.
More and more. trade union leaders are having to By Des Tierney powerful unions to defeat the meeting of the Edu At the general Institute of Scotland held on i the nade despite the advice of thei executive, that they saw th way Toward ol • OCOLLISI being 81.1810C6 other public sector unions.
Rally It was the same story at vants held in Glasgow on 1 West of Scotland attended. WITH the Tory Government pursuing its attacks on public sector wages and jobs, two calls were made in •Scotland recently for an alliance of public sector Government's plans.
emphasised that they did seeker speaker see their situation in isolation from that faced b other public sector workers.
join achon to lorce ine Tory government to retreat. Movement This was expressed most dramatical McLennan of the CPSA: It vil ent bee in then said.
engage halt thịs Danci What is needed is a movement o was bore are its strategy.
Welcome ¡lo. snow now serious they were in this, the civil servants son, the chairperson Strathclyde FBU.
Although he was talking firefighters was announced, Ronnie emphasised none of them With inflation were •o per cel. and lus covernment ofering per cent. then all workers are a special case:
Torch Neither was it enough to concentrate on fighting for wages, he said. This government was intent on reducing : numbe employed public dramatically and public secFor Hos to earst that there trade off between jobs and Wasca He hoped that it would the FBU light a torch' under the which would benefit However, he warned, if any non me to ace or eac Tories itself • or was assault
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