oppose TIME is running out for the workers at the Talbot plant at Linwood in Scotland, where 4,800 jobs are threatenened by closure.
At a mass meeting three week ago approximately 30 per cent of the workers voted to accept the redundacy pay.
However, since then there has been the highly success u ment demonstration in Glasgow arallist ployment, and SIDOOTL for workers who are occupy111- their factory Greenock against closure.
Then, on 11 March in Glasgow a rally was held which pledged support Linwood workers.
The rally, which brought shop stewards from the major the west of calca vy the Talbot Action Committee. It was opened by Jimmy Livingstone, the Transport General Workers Union COn: venor at Linwood. Failure He stressed that the last ten years had seen a Tanure on the part or lie shop stewards movement Be recave y redundancies. But then, an example of how such a fight i could be me Was Morgan, spokesperson for the occupying WOrKeTS.
By Pete Clifford A MASS picket greeted OUSS Robert Nowak last Monday at the Royal Pride furniture facthe west of closure and negotiate for higher Hugh Wyper Ellen emphasised Inal the Greenock •c cupiers were demanding that the jobs of all the VF corportation workers in Britain and should be secured through work-sharing, and that the only way to achieve this was to Phe up the barricades'. VF workers are now it their sixth week of occupation.
Another speaker at rally Hugh regional secretransport union, TGWU in Scotland, who outlined the support which Talbot workers could expect Gardners' workers who reaunaancies last vear were amone me ruto suboor une strike with a shop floor collection. They loride were followed by Shell Schreiber, Kelloggs Massey-Ferguson and two local bus depots.
nagnificen collecion of from the union.
he promised Ilal al. Peugeot goods would be stopped from that no deliveries Peugeot would take place throughout Britain or at the ports. But first, he said the Linwood workers would have to give a lead.
In a aramalic lull about for the trade unon leadership in Scotland Hugh Wyper declared: 'We've got to draw the line Linwood Workers have got to stop worrying about rocking the boat. If don't rock the boat we won't get anywhere, This has miners proved by Deci Other speakers also pledged support if the Linwood workers go into Dallic. Dave cooper,
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