By John Parkinson, secretary Trades Council, personal capacity THE car industry is in the grip of a massive crisis. UK sales are their To L lowest level for five years, and last week sixteen major American car plants were idle.
year, Peugeot-Citroën made a loss of £140m, f20m of which is blamed on the Linwood plant.
So how Goll Talbot's Linwood workers fight to save their jobs?
Ten years ago a similar situation developed in the ship-building wuustly.
The '60s witnessed massive increase in the demactive capacity had Productive capacity panded enormously and as the 'boom' declined shipbuilders were looking lo 'rationalise' their least profitable yards.
yards, turous applause). well shipbuilding on the Clyde is not saved perhaps this might happen.
Business 'But are not business at this stage to bring the government down or to indulge demagogy from the right or left. are here oreserve shipbuilding on the Clyde.
Instead of harnessing the massive groundswell ot anti-Tory feeling developing throughout the country Lae most popular chant on all the demon sui allulls was — the STUC and the UCS shop stewards committee concentrated on winning the support Scottish business peopic ana cnulches.