SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Strike beats Bury privatisation bid

Socialist Action No. 7, 28 April 1983 · p. 15 of the scan · 813 words

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appreciated. also nice to know that not everybody slags off the carworkers. And its even nicer to learn that the car 215e really арpreciatve of their workers' efforts to boost production.

Fords Dagenham, lines run and schedules are being met.

Francis Everyone is sweating. Last week over 1000 cars were produced in a day.

was for first time in five years.

"The response of the management was simply munincent. They gave every worker a tree cup of tea dope tests are pending.

The workforce was knocked over by this (Bury NALGO Joint Shop Stewards Committee and GMC delegate, Blackley CLP)

IN BURY, Lancashire, we've just won the first fight against privatisation in local government through mass campaigning and strike action.

On Bury council public services committee voted not to sell the refuse collection services to private contracgenerosity as they say it's much nicer getting a gift Sid's The NUR headquarters in Euston Road will be opened in early by Michael Foot.

ine near leparte Sid /eighell had been expe ting perform this ceremony, but that little • his stopped all that.

But the operation of the new building shows that sid has not forgotten. NUR MUCHOC wanting to do business there must have an appointment, after all you can't have the union members going into their own building just when they thinker emportant.

glyell they then get a special badge, The Tory privatisation plans were reversed by the threat of indeinite strike action and a public campaign which won over the majority of local people wets decided not to 1UL risk losing seats and control of the council in the May local elections.

Bury shows that united campaign that takes the Tories' main can win Our strike on 2 March was a real turning point.

We learnt important lessons. The branch stewards committee made leaders sure we had official sup. port right up to national Sid Weighell otherwise they might get mistaken for an official, and that would never do.

To make sure they don't get lost or go sticktheir nose the business they must always be escorted by an officer or an EC member.

Somebody says that une will was wanks the rooms seem to have Was lo make • Sure loa nobody . got up to plotting against the old '. Sid as you know was level, as well as full in volvement of the rank and workers.

to divide We • all never bin system be intion.

• we hope very sensitive 400U plots, especially the one: He was rolane A lot of union асtivists are not too keen on these arrangements which might be OK for the Lubiank Sid Weighell, but are hardl the best way to run a - democratic union. They are dead keen that the NUR's leadership open the doors to the membership lets them use Ine headquarters in the way such a place should be run. Mr James Anderton, chief constable of Manchester, devoutly religious man who thinks that a suspect should not a candidate in the NALGO national CACLuLIVe elections which are under way Her election with other left candidates could start the move for NALGO to fight for the many good policies it has adopted in the las few years.

We hope that the lessons can be taken inte the Labour Party too so that the Party campaigns vigorously against This be a big vote winner in the local national elections.

Leaders of the local Labour Party have been slow to realise that it's not canvassing that wins elecAPPARENTIYAT have the right to silence. He doer not because he wants to intertere our democratic rights.

Mr plains that 'we owe God an explanation' and surely when God is not around due to pressing engagements elsewhere the police are his standins.

Mr Anderton is also a believer in reincarnation tions but mass struggle and political campaigning that relate to people's everyday lives and concerns.

movement organisations wanting speaker about our experiences should contact lan Stephenson. NALGO branch secretary. DrulCI Office Town Hall. Knows ly St. Bury.

The cartoons are taken from the Labour Research Department pamphlet Public Private Available LRD Blackfriars Rd, London SEI.

day Times. He thinks that in of his previous existences he was Oliver Cromwell. Now if or I go around claiming that we someone else either get nicked for deception or committed for being potty.

Strangely enough Anderton has not beer charged or committed, has never been oliver has never been is a well Cromwell. 11 know fact on the left that a former general secreta known for his lecturesun far-left group • dialectics and the English civil war was and still is Oliver Cromwell.

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WORM'S BYE VIEW Tea for the workers

Anderton is Cromwell

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