Rover battle begins | Socialist Action 1983

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tionalisation of the Land Rover group in British Leyland, with the loss of 1560 jobs, is yet another move towards in BL.

When Land Rover was organised as the workforce was reduced Productivity in the last year alone rose by 14 per cent. The latest is to centralise Land Rover production at the Birmthe closure of six Midlands plants and a major component plant in Cardiff.

This plan is to be phased over eighteen months completed by 1985. In Cardiff, an ment, 600 more jobs will go with the BL closure.

By an AUEW member, Cardiff Privatisation in Land Rover British Leyland has so far taken fie Torin. plants and purchase of OHIONS side sources.

But wịth separate the through riant status, cannot rule out the sale SOCIOT private industry at some stage in the future.

Management has been up to dodgy tricks already. After the closure on November, the Cardiff plant was leafletted by management telling the workforce that any resistance to closure would DUEL redundancy payments at risk.

To date no details of the closure schedule have been given to the trade unions.

Oppositior the with the workforce fully supporting plant leadership. An initial response Dy une steward: to the closure announcepress for support from Labour MPs and the Cardiff City and County Council.

Jim Callaghan for spoken out against the closure and pleaged me support. Plant WIll Labour leader Neil Kinnock, Jim Callaghan and Tony Benn being discussed as part of defence campaign.

A plant defence comnuce dr sioo steward local AUEV members has been set up, which met on November in Cardiff.

For Cardiff to win, opposition will be need across all the Land Rover Group. Resistance is being coordinated with the Midlands plants to prevent isolation.

The stewards see a simiaritv between their struggle the antibattles privalsalon the National Health Service, British Telecom and other areas of the public sector.

They ferent public sector Resistance to the Carditt closure is to be taken right across South Wales the AUEW and the Labour RIP.

THE ROVER WILLINOI CRIP Rover workers in the Midlands have already lost jobs in plant closures STIC TODAY (Notwork

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