JOBS NOT BOMBS: CARDIFF 4 JULY pipsqueak Benn lobby.
ting tribute when he was Tory benches.
where he stands.
Labour Party and the trade unions.
support the radical ference, on nuclear disarmament, democracy.
(which has nothing policies) against 'responsibility' movement.
ecutive of the Union met.
four to one majority is positive.
forthcoming have to be challenged.
paign an enormous boost.
of the likes of Foot and Kitson. FOOT has declared war on Benn in the Parliamentary Labour Party: Every Labour and nonentity can add their twopence worth of venom to the antiFoot has joined the alliance which stretches from: Labour's right wing via such reactionary rags as the Sun through to the neanderthal Tory backbenches.
Foot's shadow cabinet tirade received its fitcheer in Parliament the following day - from the The great merit of Foot's defence of cabinet 'responsibility' against the democratic rights of the ranks of the labour movement, is that it shows Foot's election as party leader greeted enthusiastically at the base of the He has been cheered to the echo at the vast unemployment protest rallies. He has claimed to policies of Labour's Now he has ended up bolstering Healey's camp but contempt Benn; supporting (to big business against democratic accountability to the workers But Foot's message was not really aimed at the PLP. He had his eyes on the movement which supports Benn, now gathering pace in the unions and constituencies. The day after Foot's attack, the exTransport and General Workers The TGWU view on deputy leader may be the make or break of this campaign. The decision to throw out the motion supporting acting general secretary Alex Kitson's anti-Benn statements by a Handing over the power to the Labour Party delegation to decide on the deputy leader vote is negative. This makes a mockery of the rights of the ȚGWU biennial conference. It will Much remains to be done to build support for Benn's candidacy. The Labour Co-ordinating Committes's trade union conference can give the camThe support in the ranks of the labour movement for Benn is there, despite the manoeuvrings And Foot's action has put Labour's cabinet on the agenda as a suitable case for democratic treatgreeted with a great conon jobs, on for those Cabinet and the IMF) Foot, Healey, Silkin, and Kitson as well as Hattersley and Shore Benn's growing support frightens right wingers push amos tims. muscle Hallel WOrKCIS pull • CO WI means of overcoming the struggles. We should all bring EnEs wretched - now! governmen
Pete Hayes, AUtW ana strike commintee Our fight is everyone's fight. they've been picking us off one by one. Someone has to make a stand and at Laurence Scott's we've found 650 people willing to have a go. ment or whatever, but if that's what's needed, then that's what we'll have to do.
Steve Longshaw AUEW shop steward and strike commit650 people have sat in at Laurence Scott Electromotors in Higher Openshaw in Manchester in dispute. prepared to fight to the finish to defeat the attempt to close the whole factory and throw us all our on ine dole we haveto enothe sumuation where We didn't start with any ideas about fighting the governIney are all As the weeks have passed, instead of getting depressed, the Even MPs have taken up our case begun officials.
avoroacn or sonn on the basis of no loss of jobs and worksharing.
Mick Cordingley AUEW TASS and strike committee:
on the shop thought it would be better but I'm not so sure now.
and fight. workforce has got more confident. Our support has broadened.
Led by this and the adverse publicity he has agreed to meet the I June.
A meeting on Sunday 31 May voted unanimously to back the the district organiser of the AULW Before the strike I wasn't really involved in the union. I used went into the offices because I At first when the dispute started I was opposed 1o sitting in the factory. But quite quickly I realised that we had to stand up Monday. 1 June. Holiday's over. kain stops and the sun shines Now everything directed towards the demo on Thursday. Over the holidays we have handed out over 5000 leaflets around the plant. There are 5000 distribute.
At committee meeting at 8 am we have a discussion about the f15m offer made by Tory MP for part.
wardes 'rescue pian'. Since 1979 Michael Edwardes has axed 60,000 jobs in Leyland and seven plants have been closed in whole or in The announcement of the closure of the Rover plant will cost another 2,000 jobs if it goes through and another 6,000 redundancies are in the pipeline as a result of the latest EdIt is now the firm view of both the Rover shop stewards and the whole