Heavy Vehicle Division other Britain and to protect their jobs.
facilities, should be retained.
enthusiastic workforce. They assured how the occupation can be supported.
Central Scotland.
class was traditionally strong fightback.
Central Belt of Scotland.
be a victory for all Scottish workers. At AS mitisin Let shod stant da Leylana plant Bathgate decided on Friday morning to occupy their plant in support of workers sacked throughout The workers want assurances from management of no further redundancies at Bathgate, and that tractor production which were to be sold off, The stewards decisions were met reception by the spontaneously demonstrated outside management office block as a symbolic procession of tractors were driven back into the plant where they will remain until jobs are A mass meeting of shop stewards in the region is being organised to discuss Over the past 10 years, some 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost in Mostly, these have been in areas where the Scottish working — ship• building, mining and heavy engineering.
Last year, the Scottish working class suffered a serious defeat when Linwood plant was allowed to close without a BL Bathgate remains one of the biggest and best organised factories in the Its closure would represent a crushing blow. But a victory for the Bathgate workers would workplaces for the Manchester solidarity demonstration this Saturday has been invited to Thursday.
have been treated by Edwardes and successive governments has parallels with the struggle in Poland for jobs of Trades Councils writes:
last Saturday's meeting of the North West TUC and after a the ones Labour MPs and for the matte Commons us sour us Dossiole in Leyland on Saturday 27 February.
throughout the area. These are just some or the measures agreed last Sunday.
press legal proceedings for arrears. Workers in these sectors will be approached directly if replies are unsatisfactory meetings in the area plus mass leafleting • levies and through all the unions weekly adverts in the local press calling for general financial thes Socialist Challenge
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