Office as a newspaper. Published by Relgocrest Ltd. for Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper St, London N1. Printed by Feb Edge Litho Ltd (TU), THE fight of the Dunlop workers to save their jobs and stop another 2,300 joining the long Merseyside dole queue is gaining widespread support.
Nearly every major company in attanas embarked on drastic cuts in personnel levels and rationalisations to boost profit margins.
All these companies allowed their plants to be run down through lack investment and it's working people who have to suffer from effects of the capitalist MaTKCD Unfortunately, the officially-backed Joint Trade Union Action Committee that leads the struggle at Dunlops has not challenged this capitalist logic.
members have become tanged up in the arguments about profitability. A so-called "viability' plan presented to the management — who have not yet responded - is an attempt to "sit down with the company" to come up with a compromise deal.
This would only mean cuts in personnel levels, speed ups, different shift SYSECHIS many orner concessions. a no-strike clause rear its head?
Stan Pemberton Thursday's well-attended mass meeting that the viability plan could lead to the loss of 1,000 jobs. And as one worker argued SUBSCRIBE Domestic: 6 months, £5; 12 months, Abroad: Airmail, £16.50. Surface, £10 per annum. Multi-reader institutions: double individual rate Special election domestic offer: £2 for 3 months Name...
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the Post at the meeting. 'How can you expect us to fight when nearly half of us will loose our jobs?" Another asked, Who decides who goes with this viability plan?"
The profitability plan is quite different from the fighting policy needed to unite the work force and defend jobs. It has have nothing in common with the Lucas Aerospace plan.
The Dunlop workers' campaign has certainly shown a great deal of militancy.
local Plessey factory and were joined in the demand for jobs by the Plessey workers, with vociferous attacks on Labour's candidate in the Edge Hill by-election.
A Jobcentre was occupied, together with two local radio stations, where Dunlop workCES successfully airtime to put over their case. There has been a march by women, and last week a column. of the Dunlop workers filed through the main shopping centre in Liverpool with copies and Dunlop Spekes, Will campaign broadsheet.
But the campaign is to win support for the viability plan, and the most crucial occupation still needs to be carried out that of the Dunlop plant itsell. £10 Chegees, POs and Money Orders should be made payable to i Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London NI. workers' Two demanded What interest nas a big multi-national minor disruptions Liverpool plant? Only actions the which hit the company where it hurts - in the pocket force the company to back down.
What needs to be stepped up are actions like the picket at the Dunlop firm in Birmingham or Sexism (Lucy CLOSURE COTTONIC in ILS stored there.
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