On the march against Serpell in London RAILWORKERS are in the front line of the Tory NO 2 sponsored MP. NioN SOMMITTEE lan MacGregor.
This threat will tend to claim.
Miners are always being told that the only way to keep their JODS IS DI working harder. Last year by 5.6 per cent. The miners reward? Sixteen thousanc jobs lost.
This is just an appetiser for the plans for the NCB the Tories. The government evidence . ofTered to the Sizewell 'B' enquiry projected that coal capacity would Plan lwo thirds of present output.
The report produced Mergers Commission call the Monopolies ed for sixty thousand jobs to be slashed in the coal industry with only 'profitable' pits being left open.
For the NCB and the 'ripe for privatisation In Times Thatcher refused to say wieller sue lad di Pits in South Wales starved of development capital THE ANNUAL conference of the National Union eclipse business on other issues including the annual wage ed to use public money to create profitable pits to sell song big business supporters.
ference the Cokemen's Area amended by policy that exhaustion, not pronaomty, snowa De une only grounds for closing a pit.
This resolution should be passed and the message must be taken from Perth to every corner of every coalfield.
As MacGregor swings his axe miners will be bom. barded with anti-union Tom for the NUM to tions al 8 NUM Midlands area, South Derbyshire, Group No. 1 and Power Group all have resolutions old ballot NEC to hold a before calling for dustrial action. (At present the ballot is only • reouired for an all-out strike).
This 1101 democratic as it sounds. It would put any decision Ine nands of the sun. the media.
The putting stitutionalise five-yearly This is The best guarantee strong IS U ble of branch the for By up with these other workers the the reamtancr op te the
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of Mineworkers meets in Perth on 4 July under the shadow of the jobs axe wielded by new NCB boss,