SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Jobs Massacre

Socialist Action No. 107, 3 July 1985 · pp. 4-5 of the scan · 338 words

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Euston SERTUC is printing a large and posters to build the rally which is at friends Meeting House, Euston Road. It is essential tha this rally be built as widely as possible in the Londor Labour movement, as it should provide an opportunity to get a widely based and active campaign off the ground. • Also planned by SERTUC and Kent is a Parliament in October suppoli which played such a vital role in the strike can play an equally important role in this campaien The aim must be to keep the issue ot victimisations alive anc in front of the movement. Inere is wide opposInor to the victimisations and this pressure must be To See oR the fight to commit the Labour Party leadership custale ment and amnesty. son. This decision goes against even October last year.

prevent NACODS fortunately, price for NACODS cowardice job loss in this tinue to close pits, requirements'.

challenge this plan. THE NCB has decided to bypass the unions on the review procedure and to unilaterally impose the criterion of 'economic', as well as imposing an "independent' review body consisting of one perthe very limited agreement that was given to NACODS in That agreement was clearly intended only to joining the strike, and the NUM's position that it was not worth the paper it was written on has been proved correct. It is, unthe NUM that will pay the heaviest The NCB has announced 16,000 redundancies since the end of the strike, which, with the 4000 announced before the strike began, brings the total Around of closures to 20,000.

MacGregor and his deputy James Cowan have both rubbed home the Boards intention to conin order to achieve 'a highvolume low-cost industry consistent with market What this means is that the Board's medium term aim is for up to 70,000 redundancies, as Scargill has argued all along, with the eventual aim The task facing the left in the NUM is rebuilding the strength of the union to

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