Railway this e/sewhere. called to oppose the The meeting was addressed by deputy convenor had taken place. The Confed had passed a resolution if BR proposals on closures and redundancies withdrawn. They also called upon the labour vestment BR. the bankbone of theme system NUR had passed a similar resolution.
At the 6 May meeting Dennis Green demanded explain closure decision. He stated that the problem is years under-investment: the industry needs investment rainer man cutbacks and redundancies. The fight is workers for all rail-relate dustry, he warned. For the planned closure is part of an overall plan, not just to cut 6,000 jobs but to close 3,000 miles of track and to introduce one-person This could 15-20,000 redundancies in the next four years In 1962. there were 30 main ·.000. Poday employing 75,000 there are 12 cmploying 35,000 Dennis Green pointed out tnat BR's overall plan will reduce the number of main workshops to four or skilling of the workforce and privatisation of the industry. Horwich works has had 4.5 million years, and is thus a prime target for Also, BR have not kept to the spirit of the 39-hour week; WOTA IS done in 39 hours. demonstrating in Swindon last Friday wholesale attempt at job destruction are hundreds of young apprentices who will not find jobs Management believe they can get away their plans, he said, by using high unemployment to undermine a fight-back.
The efted on the public of BR's proposal: will be noticeable. Not only will the services be the rolling ECELECO SALT stock will he older and less comfortable: Two-thirds of diesel and electrica multiple units are 20 to 30 cas be ana mare arcady outlived their service life. What the public have to face, concluded Dennis Green, is not just lack of COOLL USACES Meanwhile, elsewhere. the closure of the Shilden works will have the same effect on unemployment arca. It, together with the Consett steel closure. tinue the destruction of 7 May Involved in that area's industry. STORES unemployment would rise to 30 percent. Ine worktorce there is s committed to fight closure as the Horwich workforce.
deputy leader Denis Healey publicly pledged the ty's support for the Hor wich workers.
Roger Stott has moved a parliamentary resolution which has been signed by over 80 MPs and anothe 120 are expected to sign.
The workforce their leaders are determined to fight closure and Dennis Green promised: "We'll g all the way. We're in lOt fight. We've got to. Wel eithe get the jackpot or the bood prize. no way we'li get the booby prize.
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TWO THOUSAND workers at Horwich BR Engineering in Lancashire attended a mass