Unit Superheaters battle on | Socialist Action 1983

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LAST WEEK workers from Unit Superheaters in Swansea picketed their own union offices.

They are all members Union and are protesting Engineering at the failure of the union give real backing to their ten week strike.

The workers original. ly occupied their factory, is owned by the Steel Corporation, against forced redundancies.

They claimed that the aim of BSC was to smash ine union in ine plan and allow management to operate on a hire and fire basis. Order books BSC got High Court iniunction to end the occupation and then announcel closure. They refused to • redundancy monev. claiming that the workers had broken their contracts.

Twenty four hour pickets are kept up and support is growing tionally. There have been factory tours in Sheffield Scotland and the Broad Left Engineering Gazette, organising • series meetings in port.

The workers are now campaigning. in South West Wale AUEW to put on a local levy BSC have told loca MP's that they intend te make an example or un workers. It is vital that movement also make an example in their support for Unit Superheater's members. (Graham Altwell)

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Socialist Action 8 July 1983 • 11