The aim was clear to many of the workers at the meeting: either to break up the 5/293 branch completely or drain MEDIOLIS The proposals bave beeu preceded by a ateady propaganda campaign which culminated in the Regional Committee report on the C2SE DE JOSE stewards victimised by the company last auton. This came to the conclusion that. something was wrong with the branch!
Strong opposition was manifested to the "re-organisation" when it was put to a meeting of 150 stewards at the plant. Ar the day shifi meeting, Reg Parsans, right-wing convenor and Buckle'sally, puta revolucion on Whether or noc the proposals should be put to the vole. Amidst confusion over che result, be titea carried. It was thesame story of rail-roading the brasch's leaderstup being permitted to speak on the chriges which were Jevelled agasus chem.
Now betioht sonto menherstokeenon of the stooge oucft set up by Buckle and remain in the 5/293 branch. The stakes are amay its to fight for class struggle policies in Britain's louro on the horizon, Even if Buckle succeeds in his artempes to confine che lett in a rump 5/293 branch, he cannol avod & determined intervention by those forces for the leadersbip uf the plant in the electians for senior steward in Desember.
There are aiready indications that Buckle intenda to take union disciplinary action against individual milicants. thore is a growing belief that Leyland have a list of militants who they will urg to sack ander any pretest before the end of the year.
Sach amovewould be a serious blow to the hight throughout the whole industry to fight back against the boises offensive.
A broad-based united campaign that can cancel our such a treat, combat the malignan: growth of bureaucratisation in the union and rein force the growing militancy in Brilain's car plants will he a number one consideration io tbe coming months.
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divided), strength in the future. on the Dagenham Estate. Almost all transport (lorries, buses, elc.)
The occupation in the body plan is going well too. Many people are involved; a lot of discusions on many points have taken place; and and occupation is in the history Ford Dazenham, After years of divisions between plants, we now sce workers PTA, Engine, Body acher on the picket lines. 11 we can mecing caco continue to build this unity (against all attempes by Ford and Union officials, like Murphy, to keep us give great For three years since 1974 (the October Press Shop Strike), Dag picket line: enham workers have been forced to held their tongues and swallow Mock graves oulaide Fords, bury management and officia/s many insults and indignities. But now we have found new strength.
In the words of one brother on the 'Ford's have been kicking us for three years, because the situation Photo: Newsilne was in their favour. But now the situation is turning. and turn to do the kicking.
The PTA workers are clear that mothing less that 80 per cent luy-off pay will get theis back to work
DOIE WEPPLER Women need financial independence and standing to defend themselves from their husbands or other individual men and from any judge, police officer, or doctor who is biased against them. Women have the right to defend themselves by any means at their disposal.
TECHLIE in the emeni of aims of the ne Women Against Rape group wich held its first meeting social manue in Conway Hall in ondon last Friday.
bed in the pages of the Gaard. an and on national television mcellent call to anek Tudes eil, Rosal and Stunn These were the Appeal Court judges who reduced the 3-year sentence Tape charges Colostreamn Cuardsman Holdsworth, to a six-month susawarded 10 Tom the army. TELULL.
distributed Socialist Challenge It was in opposition to this kind of judgement that the called a picket at the High Court Tuesday. But heside this action, little perspective emerged for caking up the plight women who are victims of rape The speakers at the meeting arc all openly identified with Wages for Housework: Wilmette Brow of the Black Women's Wages fo Housework group in New York Giovanna Castello from the Ital ian women & movement. Orach O Shea from Ireland and Jeany Smith from n bartered women's The statement of nine aims al the beeting purs response on taese m prevent and eliminate rape, but concretely reduces the solu tion to rane to the demand for women's domestic ers that power in society comes from money in the pocket and not the ability capital leads to further confusior 1 Еве гарс 185 lany of the demands rais bar tram ering designe a pe fram being designed seeing the question as a social issue, fall into a trap which has BITTENNIS GITHER IN CHEC countries. By demanding heavitt 30 June 1977 prison sentences — an idea which came up several times in the issue between individual men and women, not a vicious statement & DOUT WOUND TO SUC PAS DEa class society in deep conomic and social crisis.
Wages for Housework doese' t rovide an adequate basis t egin 1o comba even the dis stream Guardsman affair let alone the wide range of other If wotien had money. could take taxis lare at night argued one of the campaign's supporters. Bur surely a campaig: tor voca councis lo provide late night hacked up by the weight of tbe workers movement as a whole -direction of collective action, rather than individual solutions Nevertheless, the atrendance at the mectina was a nositive indics tion that women are less and les prepared to tolerate their role i this society It equally expressed a determination to take rape out of the closer it used to share for too long with other issues such as abortion.