production immediately*.
This workforce of 200 suddenly closed down.
similar situations.
The workers have mainTained a 24-bour sit-in at the factory, and are now getting labour movement Merseyside. Financial help W essential — but more than just money will be needed to keep the workforce together. Only 50 wOmen DETERMINED The workers hope for a bayer but none has appeared. But the women are determined to continue the occupation. The Merseyside Women's Action group who are waging a campaign against Merseyside unemployment and specific etfects on women attended the last mass meeting.
PROBLEMS They distributed a letter to the workers which raised some or that print the pee of the problems facing direction might take. Socialist Unity has made the FD struggle part of sh electoral came as unemploy ment. FD workers have shared platforms with Socialist Unity speakers.
The women at FD have begun to fight back agains: closure and unemployment, MATH CINCTTEMS Merseyside also face shu:downs. So what happens at FD massive significance What are the Closure, a buver, a workers' eep are toe tied and tested But what experiences OPTION Closure: Vast numhers of AN ADVERTISEMENT in a recent Liverpool Echo offered for sale an 'almost new garment factory with a willing and able workforce ready to commence - nearly all women - has been occupying their factory since 20 March when the liquidators were called in after the factory SANDY TOMKINS and MARY ROCHE report on the occupation of the Fashion Design Centre, and the options open to workers who find themselves in ол workers on Merseyside baue taken this option and some are contemplating it as at Scan dards. No 2 plant.
Lyle, Plesseys, and Spillers.
SOLUTION was workers find this a totally LAUL satisfactory solution, porary unemployment sidies maintain 110,466 workchi: the Job Creation Prooriginal number of Tate and get re-employed.
apparent that PULL OUT pull again. For aulds, Fisher KME and Thornes.
of the firm.
Workers' "Meredins, the in the USA INJECTION dilficulties, ment in the long-term.
occupiers, belp. cisgusted they a permanen: subsidy. guarantee they will employ the workers.
Where the workers have taker militant action to save jobs Union they can find that they don't one-day More often than not, bayers grants cease. And the workers face the threat of closure once example, Court- The Bendix/IPD/ spoke By demanding to see the books workers can ensure at cast a knowledge of the state individual co-ops. Sombe workers co-ops bave worked. Others face content prob competing on the market have TOWELL. TO LUI and lay-off workers. who make Triumph motor bikes, have been successful but this co-op had resistance privileged position of inheriting a guaranteed market plan.
The injection of Govern- reports. ment moncy at first gets co-ops started. But then they are left to sink or swim when the money stops. Added to these Tity wokers' co-ops 1500,000.
Bod it hard to get suppliers.
but none have proved ahle lo These are the tried options, the guarantee adequate employ in their bellet lo the FO Merseyside resulled Women's Action group wrole: *You have been to Wilson and the 16 Merseyside MPs for They told you how are with the situation on Merseyside but 1 Maybe it is time onto stor have done nothing. asking, and to san demand. ing. I they were to guarantee sou government contract work ice. school and nurses" unfoens, ete. — backed up by they could ensure not only that you keep your jobs now, but that are safe in the future. permanent government-backing and the instituting of workers control over production is the most progressive demand workers in this kind of situation can showing the way forward for of Merseyside
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