ON 1 May the Liverpool Trades Council march sets off to London. reaches the know that the labour movement has had enough with dole queues and Giro cheques.
As the march wends its way south shop stewards committees, Labour rar. ties, Trades MPs Labout Labour councillors, can turn out to greet the sisters and brothers wint are fighting to save the future of working people. Everyone opposed unemoiovment should support this JEFF WEST secretary of the Stockport branch of the Boilermakers Union told Socialist Challenge what he thinks of the fight back against poverty and misery.
"Atter months of bad more redundancles and short-time working, and with ten per cent our members working there are signs of a fight back.
Glasgow 'At Lightnin' Mixers in Stockport the workers have occupied the factory to save jobs. As a result of the demonstra• tions in Greater ManChester LICIOUOL. the turn-out for the demonstralon Glasgow be 'The biggest factories in the town are all sending My uciczallulls. own branch is sponsormembers to go on the march.
The next step is to build the LIverDOol London march. We are and make sure that when the marchers reach Stockport on 7 May we bulla ine biggest possible display of solidarity.
"That's WiV branch is sponsoring number unemployed members to WalK in unc Stockbort By the time it capital millions of people will Jeff West section, and we are calling on local stewards to do the same.
'By fighting Wichil ployment through ocand massive Luvaluis demonstrations we can show people that we are strong enough to fight Dack.
'A young unemployCAll they offer us is a job worker said to me:
daffodils in the pickig Scilly Isles or a Career in bloody army' know he meant, welder myselt.
Unemployment make feel isolated You start thinking there is no the have begun o you can do. Now see that this is not true. Gardners won. One hundred and fifty thousand angry people marched in Liverpool.
'We must make sure Lightnin Mixers win.
Glasgow on London via Liverpool, that is our slogan.
'We are beginning to build a mass movement ing and nailer a government do sunchillig about jobs not bombs. Messages support 125 Wellington Rd SKI 3TY Stockport, Cheshire Managers picket occupied factory at Lightin' Mixers, Stockport LING ed our case. We visited resign. Again we stopped