The press seized on this: "Wives" leader call O CBU DESEIAC Ru DuC HeadLI YY EaL Lau didn't say was that she lead nobody This was evident when Marueen Cooks called for wives to lobby the mass meeting. No-one turned up.
Ton by the press Arthbishope Dereki® Warlack. Carbolic Derek His divine intervention came two days beiore the mass meeting. He declared his moral sepport for the campaign to save the factory — as long as the prominent space to his leadership, perhaps soggesting that if God is on your side jobs wid drop from heaven.
However the real cherry in the pie came fromn the Liverpool Daily Post on the day of the mass Ib front page featured a ranting worker who had quit doring the strike.
He saop obrans Cale han cheeroe lis rife cominunism, Workers Revolutionary Party, Socialist Workers; the pamphlets of Big Flame abound. The production of the TR7 and otber cars are only secondary to these circles of "They are a gutless lot, it takes a brave man to oppose the political causes of the power of the unions. The shop stewards are a cog in a big wheel: they take their orders trom above It has not yet boen established whetber this Mr Callaghan is a relation of you-know-who, Afler the Edwardes meeting. sald thay waulc resist nant closures anc compulsory redundancles. But tha reaction to the Speke closures gave little hope that they would lead a fight, It is now clear that any fight against the attacke on Leyland workers means untiont on a a deadrats wtie-wing cou the La d sastrous rioni-wirg course In birmingnamn a sma group or carworkend from Longbridge and Rover have got together to launch a Leyland Gars Charter: This alms to UniRsai TOosO prepared Independent democratic BEIaT HS CIUCIE workers.
Below we reprint the proposed statement The Leyland Cars Charter has boen started by a small group of shop stewards and shop foor workers at Rover Solihull, Longbridge, Oxford, and Coventcy, Its aim is te fight agalest the rightward trend of the unions in Leyland Cars, The last few years has seen the development of participarion in Leyland which has meant the surrender of the independence of the unions in Tavour of management bodics implementing management decisions.
This process reached its worst stage yet when the Edwardes plan was unveiiled ar Kenilworth, when un ons nnd mannzement borelher voled on a management proposal for massive job Josses and redundancies.
Our first position is therefore: for the Independence of the trade maions in Leyland, end purticipation how.
Managemenr's proposals for Leyland mean anywhere between gone. The multiplier effect of chis in the components industry means possibly 100,000 to 150,000 jobs. Leyland Charter says we must fight this plan.
The workers are not responsible for the crisis in Leyland. We ard not over-production in the world car industry.
are not responsible for shrinkane markets. But we are expected to pay for this situation with declining living standards, harder work, and unemployment.
convenors Fight the Edwardes plan.
aiso Docurred via 1o Tignt Tol trade unions and ALLECnL LOYInu mundate and recall.
activists белостасу, Joint union BEATASKM outlined above. 20,000 and 30,000 jobs fighting When union responsible lor they TarODLSEIOT Unity PIRATE EI wed8 wanch. Матя We say: no to redundancies, o to job loss, Io the past few years management has made bug strides towares the sentransauon Leyland Cars. The most recent move in this has Doen lo ine meld nr nay oarcamalg. Dur Eus participatien and such metisas toa a wor.
In the course of this leading union bodies have become more and more reinote from the shop floor. For example, the Joint Nepotiating Committee set up after the bailor is not directly answerable to any single body of Leyland workers. So it feels free to reach agreements on the Security of Earniogs plan, already been rejected ay the membership.
Wesny: defend trade union democrscy. All committees to be responsible to muss meetingi and shop stewards bodies, and to be sebject to To achieve tbese policies Leyland Charter aims to build a broad alliance of trade uaion throughout Leyland Cars. The Charter's function will be to fight for union and systematically though union branches. shop stewards committees and mass mectings for the policies The paper is open to all who are opposed l he spineless policies being followed by th union leadership, and who are prepared to tight For trade union democracy, and against the altacks on Leyland workers.
The unions in Leyland have become based an the Cars Division as a whole. lo this proos they have become less democratic and more remote. li is esséntial ro provide a respons throughoul the Cars Division, Charter aias to a Churier groups in everyrattme of democracy and defence of Leyland workers.
leaders voted at Kenilworth te accept the Edwardes pian With Its praposals for 20.00D to 30.000 Jobs lost in Ley and alone continund the policy putting management demands before the members Interests. Since the Ryder Report tne unions OGUOPLINE speed-ups, egreeing with Labaur's incomes policy.
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