staying Jenkins' 'spark off severe industrial unrest.
picket. 5.00am Meet at Rotherham works and make for Tinsley Park works. About 50 pickets There. 5.40am Police van arrives sane has one Bre perty and ignore the police re We are stopping all the cars. 5.45am Two more police vans arrive. Still not able to get cars STEELWORKERS responded massively to the call of the steel unions for a one day protest strike against threats of further closure and massive job loss in The giant steelmaking plant at Ravenscraig in Scotland is in the firing line. The decision to close is now in the hands of Tory industry boss Patrick Jenkins. The ultra modern E400m Redcar plant on Teeside is equally threatened.
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