Snipe's contemptible smears in the local press against "political bandits' professional agitators, posing as unionists, politically will Dut acung no ice any unionist Labour Party member in Manchester, indeed throughout the country Local Openshaw residents immediately threw the slander back in the face of the authorities when within a few hours over 600 of them signed a protest petition against the area being turned into an 'armed encampment"
But why were Boyd. Snipe and Anderton allowed to get away with it in one of the heartlands of the engineering union?
AUEW Divisional Organiser and leading Te SCI of the union Broad Left THE ISG Scott picket would be met with another Roberts Arundel The Arundel fight was back in 1968 and involved HITCHILOR multi-national doing an operation asset sippig very similar Snipe's.
Thousands of Manchester engineers successfully supported the picket.
Laurence Scott workers mobilised regularly for that picket just as they did eight years later other ba battle around Automats which was a union recognition In fact while other factories picketed a set day every week 30-50 Scott's workers went down every day to Automat. But since then the full effects of the sell outs by Manchester Broad Left hero Hugh now Lord - Scanion have hit every engineer. fet your MP and local trade unionists to Scanion's support. for years of Labour's Social Contract smashed ability of the Broad Left to win any elections, never mind mobilise the rank and file.
Last week Broad Left convenors were in fact holding back their going down to Scotts as the news came over the radio from 6 o'clock onwards But thousands of rank and file engineers supported Scotts 1060 branches — nearly half of the total passed resolutions condemning the executive's handling of the dispute last year, and it is almost certain that Scott's workers will get the required 251 branches support the Rule campaign. This is the bigDES. deepest and broadest against Boyd and Duffy since they came to power When Duffy and Boyd leader. ship that really fights for the rights of workers, Scotts will played massive part. The tight Tor TOOS drawing to a close but the Scotts may be fight around the Rule campaign C211 the beginning of the end for Boyd and Duffy.
Tuesday 16 February:
The Tactical Aid Group (Manchester's SPG/ charges the picket to allow the scabs through. Cutting tools and pneumatic drills are used to break through the gates. Ten lorries are loaded up with vital motors for the mining industry.
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