DESPITE THE withdrawal of support of the white collar unions, over оссиру the plant at Uddingston in Lanarkshire. rule ,the con- The occupation has the achieved widespread support throughout Scotland wele tlel They the impact after movement gave a firm commitment of solidarity at a special STUC shop stewards rally in Glasgo two the main weeks ago the Many workers have promised regular donations £1000 a week is coming ir Govan shipyard, themselves facing shorttime with only a few weeks' work left on the order books. against Motherwell district pro council have pledged cash. organisations Street collections are being taken all around the west ot Scotland. so far £40,000 has been raised for the strikers.
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People the picket line wasn't true led seriousness of comAEU convener at the Dart zon samon macr special appeal for industrial solidarity as well as financial support. His call has been answered dockers at Greenock agreed to stop loading any parts which the company was attempting to divert to their factory at Leicester. Then Monday dockers every Scottish port agreed not to move any Caterpiller containers.
A delegation from Ud dington travelled to Brussels last week to mee with stewards the French, Belgian English Caterpillar plants Caterpiller workers have peet chester the West Midlands in their campaign to win wide labour movesupport They Calt planning a local demonstra tion trom Udineston towt centre to the factory on 26 February and a massive lob by of Parliament is scheduled for 5 March.
by the company dismissing tour workers who retused to fill out new time-sheets, line with union policy. The company then dismissed all the strikers for breach of contract.
They have recruited a scab workforce and on the basis that they consider the aspute lo de ovel, LR e company has now issued wiciotuucuiol nent strike activists seeking dl m ucu w vicycit them from stopping the normal functioning of the company! The strikers will be attending the High Court in London on Thursday February, but striker Tony Lowe told us 'we'll continue until we win'. the Contederation os of the Confederation Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions is being planned to consider the proposal fol 72-day actior solidarity Convener Graham Wvatt pointed t the importance of the Confed's involvement especially given the national engineernegotiations U1. productivity.
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800 workers continue to Caterpillar