IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Scargill tells People's March

· Socialist Challenge No. 197, 14 May 1981 · p. 4 of the scan · 291 words

The scan: sc-n197.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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BERT BORE, Birmingham y Benn's candidature is a means of keepin the forefront of debate the various ¡tical issues which Benn and others have mpioned over the past few years. I will be doing whatever I can to see that port is gained for his election campaign in $ area.' and councillor: branch, which mainly of BL bridge workers, has registered support for Benn in a resolution calls which was put up by sacked BL steward Jim the Denham, Socialist Organiser supporter, by Socialist Challenge supporter Grant Keir TGWU 5/909 branch, tion. based on the Rover SD1 regional, national and execuuve commutees.

The resolution. also for Benn Healey to be invited tr TGWU's biennial delegate conference, and for taken there to the a vote to union's block should be cast in the deputy leadership elecand workers Rotherham, weeks against closure.

The largest contingent on the march came from Shardlow's factory where 800 workers struck for the day. Other contingents came BSC plants at River Don, Stockbridge and Rotherham, and Bone Craven, Davy Lowy, Firth Brown Tools and Firth Brown Engineering.

novel -union banners came more COTICIS every branch of the public serbuilding and THE biggest demonstration so far in support of the People's March took place in Sheffield Plansee Tooling .in who have been on strike for 10 engineering workers, and shop steward in Sheffield. Rab Bird, AUEW told Socialist Challenge that over the last year the union had received notice of 25,000 workers made redundant or on short-time working.

And if Hadfield's through more than 4,050 1,900 redundancies jobs in private steelnaking will have been los There are now workers in

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last Friday. Some 10,000 workers flooded into Sheffield led by 500 South Yorkshire miners

← We'll change mind on theManchester workers greet People's March →

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