solidarity work over the A message for a worker 23 August 1984 If Hammond gets his way in the Labour Party as well ine umon, he may yo earn praise from Dr Owen as the best coalition partner we deal with'. secretary Bill Sirs in the current miners' strike.
ISTC Llanwern (personal capacity)
He has backstabbed the rail transport workers and dock workers who gave us support during our own steel strike.
He has broken every handbook by condoning lne use or inue scab lorr drivers to move boycotted materia picket lines.
He tore up the triple alliance of coal, steel and rail before the ink was dry and. as is the Way Will al scabs and traitors, , he ended up by attacking his owr comrade-in-fudge and co. partner in stiching up the Welsh and national steel strike in 1980, Len MurLay.
His treacherous ясtions of the last few months have proved a bit too tion is the contemptuous actions of our general much even for our own 1uc congres. › delegation. They disowned his reckless attack on the miners and fellow trades unionists but step away from scabbing is nowhere near enough.
Bill Sirs himself has no doubt done enough in the Tories' eyes to win his in he ons treachery (Lords)
This co-partner Joe Gormley.
However, if the ISTC Creat SHRIKE amends, if they really want to cleanse their soul, it can only be done by putting our of the triple alliance into effect - thai is, refuse to handle scab call on every ISTC never o come bird! the picket lines.
Anything less than that will condemn our union to a place of shame in the in dustrial history books.
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