ference in Manchester to mobilise national support for our fight for jobs and union 'WE have called a national solidarity condemocracy. against the disastrous policies of this govern- the fight for jobs by the whole movement A victory at Scott's would be a boost in ment' Dennis Barry Convenor, Laurence Scott ARTHUR Snipe, managing director of Mining Supplies of Doncaster, shareholders' annual general meeting on 7 Oc. tober with an apology for the gauntlet of pickets outside.
At the entrance were strikers THOM atence Scott, Manchester who'd been oul lor 24 weeks Lo fight the closure of their factory.
The APEX steward Joan Taylor explained the shareholders attitude:
joke. ot them didn't seem to understand see called Snipe the JR OY woncaslel.
Snipe's latest venture has been to squander hundreds thousands of pounds buying race horses, while he sends 650 workers down the road at Manchester. Cheek That alone explains why he's been likened to the Texan millionaire JR:
Elaine Cross, TASS steward actually got speak to Snipe as he went in. 'I told him it's time he did a decent day's work and gave us our jobs back.
'He had the cheek to say he would work us into the ground A shareholder, echoing union leaders Boyd and Duffy, seemed to think the strikers were all members of a extremișt group.
steward, Frank Stubbs put that right by explaining to the confused shareholder that 'the only group he was menoe was his foca bowls club.' But the shareholders brave talk was the harsh realtv that Mining Supplies shares Have aroppea Irom £l.ou £1.02 each and their market is facing opened his
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