YORKSHIRE miners sent a cheque for £500 to the eight-week long Laurence Scott, Manchester. Along with it was an invitation to send a delegation over to blacking.
Laurence Scott's Arthur Snipe, Mining Supplies has made a killing out of cates motors to the nationalised Now he hopes to close the Manchester factory. further boost his profits throwing 650 workers onto the dole. In a letter to the miners' union John Tocher, engineering union organiser, argued was ume tney umed to put a stop to parasites such as Snipe.
In Manchester a support commitice has been Macaree chaired by Tom trom Gardners who successfully occupied against redundancies last year.
Support is growing in other areas. Delegations week went the Midlands and London. occupation against closure at OISCUSS first visit to LSE's sister plant in Wolverhampton.
Members OI the delegation also spoke the lilas. demonstration organised by the workers Rover SD1, at the AUEW shop stewards quarterly, and Birmingham Trades Council. the Rover workers Phil Penning from Laurence Scott brings greetings to Girov-Bevan Rover plant. £15m wouldn't buy a decent car show room never mind an assembly plant. But we are concerned lest the offer be seen viable by the worktorce and diverts oul campaign But most do not see it as a serious option, believing that Gilroy-Bevan more concerned about his job as MP for Yardley than our jobs at Rover. On with the demo.
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placards, leaflets, badges lorry, Joveders and banners. We also need to organise delegations from other BL plants. We get messages of support from Labour Party wards, trade union oranenes and shop stewards committees. Rumours Reaction to the demo from the shop floor is still mixed. Some are saying that there point.
foremen are spreading rumours the redundancy pay will be cho phere is a dispute dispute at Smith's which could result in a layoft at Rovers tomorrow. This would be disaster tor Thursday. There is a mass meeting at Smith's tomorLOW Tuesday. Start writing bulletin no 3. Lead on the demo and support from outside the plant, also attack the Gilroy-Bevan offer.
the paint shop group has produced a cof fin to carrv on the demo On the lines, people are producing their placards and slogans. One reads, 'Edwardes kills all known plants'.
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dinner time discusses what should be done to those who don't join the march. We decide to concentrate on wie mass meet meeting at lilas.
Smiths goes on all mornwill definitely be laid off tonight if there is resumption OI work there. Just before dinner time hear they have gone back to work. Relief all round.
A proposal to ban all overtime is moved and carried, despite the plant Leyland Combine, the Land Rover.
point in unemployment. is rapidly becoming Edwardes PAT HICKEY, Rover SD1, Solihull, diary of resistance to the closures. committee's opposition.
This is a potential bomb An overtime ban of that would lead to tracks being laid off two days a week. If that hapwould gave have one-out. position We would be in a headthat Edwardes plans to close down Leyland while hiving off a few pre-packaged units like The People's March was a turning the national fight against The Rover fightback the point where the Leyland workers turn the tables on deputy convenor continues his confrontation within ten days. The plant is not ready for that yet. We tell the company shop stewards' • Phey reply the afternoon. that if the overtime is not worked • Dallll today bodies will be ruined and they will lock