SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Timex — a fight against sackings

Socialist Action No. 7, 28 April 1983 · pp. 3-4 of the scan · 169 words

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Dundee The Timex B!

workforce profit.

sixty occupying lory.

The movement Timex and firms redundancies.

company will must route of the March.

workers are giving full support 10 the Times occupation.

shop stewards say this is not just a fight for the jobs of the workers but is about the right of every worker to have a job.

retusing to accept redundancies the iS saying jobs must come before Five hundred out of workforce of 640 are their facin alliance with the Labour Party must have an answer 1o all other threatening They must tell the either guarantee jobs or we nationalise without compensation.

That must be the message at Timex and it also be the message right along the People's PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT RECEPTION VORKS ENTRANCE GOODS I ATLES ER OFF C S ROAD

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Socialist Action 29 April 1983 In Socialist Action (1 April) there were no less than three hostile comments on the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy: one by Ken Livingstone, one by

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