COUNTRY WIDE occupations of British Shipremove the threat to cut 9000 jobs.
In six years the industry in areas like Scotland and the North West where half of the proposed cuts fall.
On delegates from the unions the yards met at soccidi ¡allulldi ference in Tyneside. They returned to the 22 yards seven engineering involved with mandate оссиру management do not resabour Committee on Palestine Public m Wed 18 May 7,30 Lambeth Town Hall Speakers from PLO, LCP LMEC, Palestine Solidarity. Open discussion on solidarity work at LP and TUs conferences.
Oh, me dad's just a bii pessimistic. As soon as they announced the election he started digging out a nuclear shelter... builders' yards are planned if management refuse to 25,000 jobs have been slashed in British shipbuilding. The latest plan would decimate cind the job cuts Four hundred and thirthreatened redundancies Henry Robbs shipyard in Leith, which is the port for Edinburgh. This is more than half the workforce Bill Mckenna, outfit convenor TROOPS OUT NOW!' the chant the 2000-strong demonstration in London last Saturday. march commemorating anniversary of the death of hunger striker Bobby sands MP, sufjered harassment the police with the arrest of four marchers and Dave Douglas, Yorks NUM Executive member speaker at the rally.
The march drew hostile comment in the Sunday Express and from Tory MPs.
Ken Livingstone addressing the march said:
'The hunger strike of Bobby Sands and his comrades was the death knell of British occupation in Ireland... it brought inter national recognition and As Livingstone noted, the imminence of a general election and the prospect of Sinn Fein victories socialisolls means that must redouble their efforts to raise the issue of troops out now in the Labour Party • Long Kesh revisited page 4. spokesperson for the joint shop stewards committee "This dispute with says. management fight against the loss of jobs for present generations in Leith and against Leth becoming a ghost town. The knock-on effect on allied trades such aorks would be disastrous coal, steel wire for the town.
'We will support any mass occupations of our ship yards as proposed by the leadership.
UNDER IN THE 2 MILLION IRISH DIED SUPER TENoRiN BRITISH Xams 1983
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