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plus free copy of International plus free copy of Malcolm X Overseas: Surface mail and Europe air mail, 12 months For multi-reader institutions double the above rates. By TGWU Jaguar Steward, Leyland Action Committee. BL'S SENIOR stewards meeting on 22 October, formally endorsed the massive vote for national strike action from the shop floor. They decided to exempt five plants under formal notice of closure. These plants will not take part in any future votes on the pay claim.* Transport union national Grenville Hawley, reported plans to set up a national strike committee and to issue a pamphlet outlining the urged He also spoke of the need to make the preparations to occupy any plant threatened with liquidation and called on the senior stewards to go back and organise effective picketing Picketing is obviously the first priority and steps are being taken this week to ensure the complete shutdown November. District strike centres should be set up in cach arca, district strike committees should be elected to link up the plants and to keep in touch with London.
As well as pickets, further steps are important to actively involve the membership in winning the dispute. Regular strike bulletins should be issued in every area to provide accurate information. Weekly report back meetings for all strikers should be organised as when stewards normally meet their members at work.
Steps should also be taken to include strikers dependants in such meetings to make sure that they understand the issues at stake and are united in supnort of the claim The clash at BL is correctly against Edwardes but aiso against union bashing supporters in the Tory government. It will be vital for BL strikers to campaign for and organise massive support from other workers and from the Delegations should be sent to other factories to seck support. Workers with their own claims outstanding, Fords, CUTECES local authority and so on, must be press for action alongside BL
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