ROUND TWO of British Leyland's industrial witch hunt began last week, when two more workers were sacked the Pressed Longbridge plants. This time BL have tried to avoid any publicity.
Despite management's reluctance their latest vendetta activists, the story Wak icakcu in the Birmingham local press, when 100 workers downed tools protest against Grant Keir's sacking.
The workers from the hot-test section walked out for four hours on each of the three shifts in protest against what they clearly elieved be witch hunt. ACOB agrees with those workers.
The best way further victimisations of this sort is to mignt for the reinstatement of the two sacked workers.
This was followed on Thursday Dy a London press conference called by Alex Lyon on behalf of the Campaign Against Political Vetting and Victimisation• - started in response to the media witch hunt in Steel Fisher the summer. The . two workers, both Socialist Action supporters, were present to put tell case.
This time the press took a more responsible attitude towards reporting case, with headlines like BL sackings as antivetting fight starts' (Guardian) Sacked worker "victimised" ; (Oxford Mail).
They were forced to do this because BL management refused to give any information to the press. They were afraid that their original claim organised conspiracy socialist 'moles' would re DOING obvious that unc only colsollary zulle on at BL was that organised by This was in stark contrast to the summer when management deliberately set up •Red Steph' for press wolves.
Secondly, the rabid mcula coverage auring une has alerted civil libertarians of all political shades that a climate of McCarthyism is beginning is left unchecked, it will threaten the right to tree Marxists, but of all people expression whose political views do nol accord with those of ruling establishCIL.
The Lyon campaign will research the activities of organisations like Aims Industry the Economic League, as well as colcculle Hollatioll on specific cases of vicwill campaign for justice for of such discriminations by publicly taking up their cases.
All Socialist Action supporters should start orenaring support now for this campaign in their own arcas. • by contacting movement and civil liberties organisations by publicising cases of victimisations and the ac. tivities of the Economic League locally and drawing them to the attention o1 le Calpal_u • by holding public meetings in support of the campaign. THE TWO LATEST victims of British Leyland's BL personnel managers at the time of the washing up'strike earlier this year. Their conspiracy against militants is Imagine what now being revealed
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