murried to a striker from *H's for eversbody because what's at stake is the 5 per cent.
*E's important to in KINSMUS CHILL MES otherwise there's danger that the strikers"
wives will get divided from their husbands.
+ The longer it goes on.
the more they'll worry about where the money's going to come from to feed could put pressure hushands return to wark."
Ms. ADJET's husband
Dagenham body plunt.
completely the strike.
hard job and with prices going up the more Ford 'Cther workers work hard and everyone has suffered the same rising prices.
COLVILLE RAINEY has been a steward for six of the nine and a holf years he has worked at Fords. He is in the engineering anion and in the hody plant at Dagentam. He represents 400 workers an the A shift. He is also a member of the SWP.
lies hehind explosion rank and file militancy!
I comes froin the frustration that has buck up over Labom government's altempts Io impose Tory policies. For n workers prepared accept restraint because they helieved it could bring down inflation Now this is soen not to be Irue. rexul: o1 ine governinent policy is a massive Encrease in prolits — across the board, not just at Ford.
Are the high profits of Ford a big fuctor in people's minds?
Socialist Chullenge 5 October 1978 Page 4 AGAINS! IN 5.
ARE FIGHTING FOR EVERINE Worker lobby the unian side of the Ford National Jwint Negotinting Committee.
carloads stoppedi med. in 12 Ford workers. Even the mass picketing at Harwich — which is the por of entry for impons of Granadas. Capris and Cortinas from Germany was rejected in lavour of a slow *official approach Three dass later, cars were still coming in. The Combing orgaaised a flying picker with our own small resources Tap going ap aDL REGULAR Were also pressing repular mass meetings 1o beer everyone involved and infor We Have proposed strike. committees invülviag both stewards and active striker but so far this has been rejected by the plane leaderships. But we aill continue to prest for these.
Our third priorty is to ge support from other groups of workers. We have to light che idea thar we are a special case We are lighting against wag