Birmingham on Saturday 6 February.
heavy vehicles division of the company.
The Leyland Vehicles delegates Jim McLean from Albion Glasgow and Mick Coyne, convenor from Leyland, Lancashire — reported that the strike was growing stronger in the tace of management s threats of closures. Mass meetings at the Leyland plant In Lancashire had given increased majorities for continuing the struggle and extending The management's line that the only way to save the company was to accept 1ob loss speed up has been Edwardes' plan is facing its first big fight The job now is to win the whole of BL to support for the Leyland Vehicles struggle. The workers the cars division have to be won to understanding that dawardes nas not ninisned jobs there either. This unity will be central to a successful struggle.
The company is planning to move engine blocks to the Radford plant Coventry for the Jaguar, and tooling equipment for the Beans Jasual Foundries in engines I be to This work will taken from the Farringdon plant which along with the cles plants in Leyland and Unfortunately these two plants have indicated that they will accept the work.
The Combine decided on a number of steps to deal STOCHI Moving this work is vital to ine continued smooli production of the Jaguar which is making big protits company in the American market at the moment. Fresh attempts will be made to persuade the workers in Coventry and inton to black the equipment and the blocks, and a special leaflet will be distributed at the plants. sion took another step forward at an emergency meeting of the BL Combine Committee in The meeting, the largest for some time, was attended by over 50 stewards from the cars and The Combine is also to take the struggle to the other car 50,000 leaflets will be distributed to car workers explaining what is happening and collections will be organised.
addition to these steps, une combine agreea to organise joint shop stewards meetings in plants to be addressed by uciczales Leyland Vehicles and a special conterence of shop stewards will be called at the Vehicles division's request.
These steps towards unity have long been needBut the cars division nave lo be preparea lol strike action to support eviana venices ITs attacks on the worktorce are going to be stopped. Prepared The ground has to be prepared for dealing with the national trade union leadership. John Boyd has stated in ine Aucw Journal that the BL Board are Lue Stewares tion's assets' and must be supported. His record in BL is one complete backing for Michael Edwardes and betrayal of the The Transport Union leadership has been no betWhen ine company steps up the pressure, undoubtedly will these 'leaders' will be run. ning for cover. It will take celeried the membership to stop Inem It is essential to impleCombine decision as rapidly as possible Around the pay claim and over the 39 hour week the car workers have shown a renewed willingness take on the company. The struggle Leyland Vehicles can be the basis for building on that.
Leyland
in Chorley have overwhelming ly endorsed the decision to strike against redundancies. the office staff in APEX. Striking for jobs Vehicles Leyland and cies. proposed So too have from their demands which in. cludes the complete withdrawal of all proposals for redundanThe attempts so far by the company to isolate the strikers other WorKers cashire have completely failed
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The fight against BL management's plans to sack 4,000 workers in the Leyland Vehicles divi-