to march in Glasgow on 21 February THE month's unemployment figure tops 2.4 million. iceberg.
The real total is already over 3m, and it has been since the middle of last vcal. The Tory ployment figures are a fraud.
Hidden from view are the 668,000 people on the government employment and training schemes heading for the dole heap. A further 400,000 workers are on short-time working.
Thousands of marflea women mauc Icaull dant have never signed on. ter have booked trains. By joining the march you will help to ensure that 21 February is the next big day of action against the Tories.
May Day this year will be the start of Ilassive protest march from Liverpool to London.
Last year 96,198 people were made redundant in ine North-west. The demonstration SuD ported by trade unions, LaDoul Parties North-West TUC. OF JOURNAUISIS "S COMMITTEE IN last week's Socialist Challenge we revealed secret BL Ltd documents that exposed management plans to turn their car plants into mini-police states. We released copies of this document to the Daily Star, Socialist Organiser, which circulates weekly within the Labour Party, and to the trade unions within BL Ltd.
The outlined that BL Ltd was planning a massive at tack on the civil liberties aimed to introduce a new disciplinary code which would give BL managers draconian powers. The document showed that Gave CORDICU disregard for the rights of their worktorce The company plann ed to sack workers for gross misconduch. BL managers would become judge jury, more powers than the police and courts.
Strike BL even planned for official strike action after the first worker was sacked under the code. Larry Grant of the National Council for declared that 'the thing is horrific The reaction the unions was swift Brian Mathers, Midlands regional secretary of the Worker Transpor Union said, 'I cease to be surprised L. They arenap what hap pens at BL.
advantage of the 2.5m people out of work to rule by fear Sam Birmsecretary ingham district of the Confederation of Ship building and Engineering Unions said, 'Here's company introducing its 'sus" law at a time when Parliament is talking about abolishing it.'
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Challenge Tories have done it again. This And that's only the tip of the