IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Mass rally-picket Garners workers can win!

· Socialist Challenge No. 66, 5 October 1978 · pp. 7-8 of the scan · 437 words

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page 7 of the scan

Workers Union, writes MICK GOSLING.

For the last cight months strike for union recognition in order to nehi comitious which often thei working 70-hour weeks and taking home £28.49 for the compulsory 55 hour week.

Saturday sees a mass rally and picket in support of the strikers, starting at 3pm Speakers Corner afler normal (details in What's Left"). Far Tress markine the swan-song of IT IS NOW nearly two sears since the workers at Garners Steak Houses in central London began to organise themselves into the Transport and General the strike, rovent weeks have scen an imporcant new surge in active support.

The signs are that Garners hass Margolis worried by an 80 per cent loss in profils in his 11 restaurants, and feelers are now being put put for negotiations.

The boycotting of supplics is the Margolis DIt SeniOT SRit in enmarked wans at the crack of

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suppers every fortnight.

Sustained picketing is the ke ro victory. The vast majority o cross i picket line when the them. seriously REGULAR The Greater London Association of Trades Councils has Tand case picke to ILL TETEN! The Executive of the Civil and to purchase This nearby Job Centre.

Saturday's rally nearby picker.

Garners strikers SUPRICES picket aNTOss 11 restauranla Public Services Association has | as large. joined the pickeis, and CPSA members have also refused to bandle Garters' scah jobs at a turned away That Garners if not simpiy another Grunwick is one of the messages the strike committee will be trying to get across at asking everyone to say and join a Thus it is boped that this Saturday's activities will not criticism only serve as a focus for the | leadership for luding back the and their WROOT CINI made by mouths have heen stretched out but also for the labour abovement / commitlee.

page 8 of the scan

The workers say they are fighting for the right to work - the right to work on what they call 'socially control than campaigns for nationalisation based solely on defence of trade union rights, or the right to work, and they draw on a potentially greater reservoir of support.

Experience also shows that struggler for nationalisation and workers control are not a sufficient basis for building strong workers strugele against private enterprise. the Corporale Plan.

Plan workers ar Lucas. phoney workers plans. But ar Lucas the workers themselves were drawn inte drawing up the In fact the 180 profestional bodie and incitutions to which they first appealed for help in drawing up the Vitually all the idea. came from th almost no heip at

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