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narnessing bombers. PIXDOTOUOH sions, and ine markeung or god plated electric toothbrushes.
But in times of economic crisis wasteful ine economy, ine issue is wietner the 'nation' can afford bigger and better bombers; but for the more socially wietner ol useful could be produced.
stoppage in Sheffield. The stoppage, would be no sackings or closures.
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with the possible cancellation of more sophec ov ine arcratt ano snipounome medical fields. industries. The dilemma for militants is that while defence cuts , the loss of jobs they bring is hardly a cause It was in an attempt to answer problem that last year the Shop Stewards committee began has Wild Instead aerospace posing the demand for the right to the Lucas workers deman ded 'the right to work on socially attempt to -ine in shop Hotel workers marched in solidarity with Balfour Darwin strikers during a half day struggle of the workers at Capitol Tools, whose closure would mean 400 workers laid off by the Balfour Darwin steel combine.
The workers at Trust Houses Forte's Grosvenor Hotel have themselves been out on strike since 14 December to force management [backed by the National Associa tion For Freedom] to recognise their union. The dispute is rapidly becoming part of a confrontation between the union, the T&GWU, and the whole of the Trust Houses Forte empire, of which the strike at Oxford's Randolph Hotel is another.
Both groups of workers have stuck out Christmas with unity intact. For th workers at Capitol the decision to close their factory came as a cruel blow. Onl 20 months before the announcement, Edgar Allen Balfour promised that there Money is desperately needed for both strikes. Send to: * Edgar Allen Balfour Group Shop Stewards Committee, the New Inn, Carbrook * Grosvenor House Strike Fund, Transport House, Hartshead, Sheffield meetino numan needs with cheat safe and ecologically sound sys transport, energy and Among the prop osals were sare Dranie systems a noocan tor disables cnnoren and the increased production of It came as no surprise when the DIOD osas. tine Government is TainK ing of cutting military aircraft, it / have decided to National Health Servic money пастин And while which does not conform to this criterion will get short shrift from manage Do wnie artemanve есппоосу as developed by the Lucas stewworkers on 12 January, was called to support the dustry in question must be taken out of enrivate nationalised under the control of a workforce which does not see the end as huge profits complete even TOI a whole run rulers society will not see kidney machines and the like as a high priority he ceve oomen or aternalvt technology can only be welcomIs a vision of the future wiferent standards. But by itself society WIICI does not otter a complete solution to the cancer of unemployment.
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RED WEEKLY 20 January 1977
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