taken to the heart of the labour movement.
the government's pay to stand firm.
do to support the strike.
*Put down a resolution or in the support for the Ford strike at YOur S100 stewards committee, branch, TOLS COUL dE LEW Can *Make sure they get collerbon sheets, start CHICLEENE.
*Try to get officiul deinonstrations of support for the Ford strike orgunised by trades COUnCE IN cooperation with local Ford strikers, *Try to gel a Ford worker Invited to speuk to explain the *Demand the TUC ture its Congress resolution opposing the 5 per cent and the 12 month Socialis Challenge 28 September 1978 page 4 A victory for the Ford strike would bust wide open policy. The government and Friud bosses know it. That's why they're determined We must be equally determined in our support for the Ford workers. Here are some ideas of what you can working action. Don't let Ford become unother Fine Brigades disaster! has submitted now. Action HOTHERS MURDERES DOELER is the hest way of supporting SALUTE SERIO *Twin the Ford workers on the picket lines. Get your union hady lo send official delegations. Make sure dockers and airport workers boycor any components ties to glee their -Contact TOPERLED support. In the 197) strike. workers at Armstrong Patents rule and supporting a reduction in York and Full, at Ght in and Cardiff, at Luens and Wilmell Breeden In Birmingham und at BSC in Wresham were sit oil or Dur on snor Try to get such Nehind the Fordworkers.
*In 1971, the press tried to SISE UN BIC ERIC SORT DOC to oppose the strike. Wives can week Into support of thestrike.
A bove all, maximum united wage claim, action in support of the Ford strike is needed. Readers and supporten of Socialist ChalTenge should seck cooperation with with Big Flame, with the ISA and with all other orgunisations and individuals in orguning to win:
If you nea Ford striker...
*The Ford strike cannot win on its own. Remember the Fire Brigades strike. port to be won for the strike. because the Ford strike against the 5 per cent i everyone's they've workers lo government stand full square ising price mully nise the struggle. organising in The made *Insist maximum strugele. be accountable Insisting There's sup- ensure... because of the strike, and not reformist because of Ford's super profits.
Ford workers ure out because suffered the same news for:
pay police und everyone else.
stewards conference that origiNow the stewards must orga- police for Coventry conTerence sedlement date BUTTERIE for being recalled. It must be recalled regular mass meetings of all those on strike and the election of local strike committees based on those actively lavolved in the strike. The *I's the workers on strike who mast be in control of the National negatiators responsible and them. pure on this claims No Retreat on the Full Claim: of trade union afficials and PIan leaderships So the Ford strike is good -1,200,000 manual local daimed a 260 minimum wage and the 35-iwur week -250,000 hospital ancillary similar their 27 Ocioher *40.000 water workers whi were only knocked hack from strike acrion last yeur by the acceptance of 10 per cent by the mantual worker.
MAJORITY Nationat Public Employees, which represents the majority of liest workers, has asked its area and divisionni committees to pre contingene? plans lor strike uction in pursuit of thest The best way to claim. as well as giving real solidarity to Foed workers, is to car Industry the time is tipe to put forwund a wider stralegy to all car workers ul the tresses expense.
Nationalisation of the car Industry under workers control would prevent the burehering of British Lesland workers Jobs, It could also provide u struless to stop the crisis of the car industry being visited on the heads of car and car component workers.
There will he no special cases this Labour government. Callaghan bas made this print absolulely clear. However. a united offensive on wages can make the Lahour aiscoal musterity measures explode in EDIT CITE MELT forward, credible, aliernalive socialist policies. And it's on that basks that we can start to Build a new left wing in the trade class struggle policies, and to form a unitied revolutionary org-nisation.
figure twelve months earlier. That's the incredible market, It is the single biggest car seller in Britain. record of Ford in Britain. A SINGLE year's profit of £264 million Ford's international empire produces 1 in 10 of.all cars sold worldwide. The British plants are only a part of its European network. But the latter is becoming steadily more vital to the whole operation.
In the United States, Ford has been steadily losing double the out to General Motors. But in Europe it sells more cars | to rake in such incredible sams. than anyone else, with a 12 per cent share of the Its overseas sales are also more profitable. In 1976, sales outside North America accounted for 30 per cent of production but 41 per cent of profits. In 1975. the peak recession year in the USA, ever 70 per cent of its profits came from its overseas operations.
On this page JOHN ROSS explains hop Ford is able