HUDDERSFIELD trades council joined the growing list of movement organisations actively supporting the Silentnight strikers before Xmas.
Local meetings organised included with shop stewards trom local factories and TGWI Already £250 busworkers. has been raised and a further f50 a month pledged Hopkinsons workers.
The Huddersfield Polytechnic Labour Club also raised f50 and more monev was collected at a Youth Action meeting in Huddersfield.
Trevor King of the Silentnight strikers plained the lessons of the suirike. fighting for our right to WURK he said, Tom Clarke the owner of Silentnight. But also fighting the courts, the Tories and the whole Stale 'We have to make a stand like the miners. Yesterday it was them; today it's us, tomorrow il could be you.' One of the activities in the was noon's leafleting the Night and Day shop Huddersfield town centre, owned Clarke's son John Worried by the possibility of leafleters turnino away potential shop pers the manager came outside.
'We are not the only shop selling Silentnight heds.' he said, leaflet here? Anyway, slow Xmas, so why not try someone else?
Trevor King gave the 'But yours is the alower. only shop owned "AD. Clarkes, said. yes, you're right about the business. So we'll be back for the January sales!' Huddersfield trades council plans to turn that promise into action by building support tor the leafletting Night and Day in the New • All Information donations for Silentnight strikers, contact: FTĂT, Cravendale Branch, Fund, c/0 Ann King, Rainhill Cres Barnoldswick, Col 813662). Lancs- (phone: 0282