THE OCCUPATION Jeans in Greenock was the highlight of the Scottish TUC last wook. economic policy and the way to fight redundancies, speaker after speaker drew on the example of Their action contrasts starkly the performarice of the leadership of the Scottish trade union movement fighting unemployment in recent years. But promises of action and support for the women were certainly forthcoming at the conAn emergency resolution was passed pledging all affiliated unions and trades councils to back the occupation. speaker from the transport union, seconding the motion, said that if there were any move to evict the women from the factory, it ILay be necessary to take industrial action, The TGWU was already prepared for this.
Troops The Scottish miners' union delegate argued that 11 any move was lauc occupation, then the working class should be prepared to flout the law. Inese were the frontline troops in the battle against unemployHOL.
Ray Buckton, general secretary of the rail union ASLEF, echoed these sentiments when he said that WE would like to take the opportunity of thanking all those trade unions, organisations, women's organisations and individuals who have supported us so much in our fight to save our jobs. sla tory since 5 February, - and we're going to, stay here until we win our fight.
Ellen Monaghan, by women workers at Lee When discussing the Tories' the Greenock workers would require more than just words to sustain them in their campaign.
Heroic It was left to the only woman speaking on the resontion. from Greenock The heroic til to cat Last Jeans to the other tions where workers were the shop stewards involved stressed the importance of at for the women there were leading since the STUC has been the scene of such an emoApplause Let's hope the example of Lee Jeans will followed very soon by other occupations defence of jobs and that the applause of the STUC from Lee Jeans political We have now been occupying our facSonior shop stoward, Loe
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