shitHe drivers points to one obvious conclusion. tant sunke acaon pays.
And yet the faced considerable opposition during their dispute.
Labour ministers peated attacks on the strikers. Premier Callaghan even went Wave SO far as _to crossing of picket lines.
From the media. The press and launched ordinated and attacks on trade prophesying mass (which didn't food shortages (which didn't materialise), and deaths £2.00 (which, 5.00 picket, did materialise). 9.18 From the union leadership.
Moss Evans, general secretary 10.00 of the Transport and General 5.00 Workers Union, sought to limit 15.00 the effectiveness of the strike by 158I08T conduct' for pickets.
Fortunately for the strikers, 2.00 the code was largely ignored 12.00 5.00 By Aggressive, miliGeoff Bell lorry drivers and their forced the employers to settle.
made re- drivers' strike, now focuses on the battle in the public sector. And again these low paid workers face the same advocate the opposition. the Callaghan has insisted that the hysterical unionists: will be 8 percent lay-offs even that for most of the public materialise), sector workers.
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liams has case of one crossing of picket lines outside schools, ster Bill Rodgers has proposed an immediate freeze on wages.
of imminent death compete for front page demands that the right to strike be severely limited.
single national newspaper the who dead. aggressive tactics Despite the all-out strike With the end of the lorry all attention ensure victory.
government. left uncollected, limit to any settlement and not emergency Secretary Wil- tion advocated the and Transport MiniFrom the media. Prophecies opposition. attention Through the pages of every paid. rich and powerful hit out at away their rubbish, those who clean up hospitals, those who bury the From the union leaderships.
calls action in the public sector, the leaders of the unions involved still insist that limited "selective' action can But if all the water workers came out, if all the rubbish was if all the schools were closed, if all the hospitals were reduced cover then the government would queue up to settle with the same determinawhich haulage employers queued up to settle.
So a comparison between the lorry drivers and the public sector workers can and should Their claims are similar, they face the same Most important of all, if the tactics were the same - all-out action — the result would be the same: victory for the low WORKERS FOR THE SOCIALIST ELMS, MUST 17.30pm FDAY REVOLUTION