LIRa the next step would be for our jobs to go to South Africa: We were sceptical then, but not now The present fight against Dukinfield closure is still going on.
Thursday, when management were expecting a cosy union officials at Employers Federation, they instead met by a 150 strong picket of Dukinfield workers. It was women workers from the assembly areas who had mobilised most prominently for the picket. the were IT IS not only the workers in the big car plants that are coming components maustry suffering. One hundred women are on strike to defend their pay structure at the Draftex factory which makes car seats in Coventry.
The strike began on 11 October aller a oreakaown Il management proposing to cut wages. It is only women workers who are attected br management's proposals — the male workers at the plant have been laid off.
The strikers are still waiting for the Transport Union to recognise the strike so that they can get strike pay -present they are donations. Even the married women benetits. It tnev were married mer • 2925 they would get some money for their dependents The women strikers had not been particularly active union the before the strike, but they are solidly involved in the action. Megan Bull, one of the strikers, also they were building trade union consciousness among the younger Midlands. The car disc negotiations which was because supported us, surviving on entitled to supplementary and jobs.
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explained how be boycotted too confidence and trying to utrodact members 1o union pro cedures. We take different ones with us when we have invitations speak, and then they can go back and talk about it with the others.
Grave strike committee and we have plans abom the branch as more of a thing after the strike. In the factors we were in a closed circuit. This strike has been a revelation to us.
Help on the picket lines is nooded 'We have nothing regular orgacises of family husbands and so on, so we have ra organise it as we can. Husbands bare mine has personall done five nights picketing and some have brought wood for our fire.
After so many defeais in is an industry in Coventre-s imagera that these women win the front line in the defence of mage Workers in car zistin plants should check out the sectic The lorry owned Bourtes registration number VAM crashed through the picket line should Donations to the strike fund can be sent to: Megan Bull, 4 Eastlands Grove, Coundon, Coventry. Socialist Challenge 1 November 1979 Page 5