None of these schemes could have come to fruition without the scabbing or tre unon tens ane ne cabour Mr.
Ine principal obstacie towaras deverop ing a fight against the deal was provided by the official leading the union side in the negotiations. At a meeting called by Ryton convenors and senior stewards in Coventry in early December, involving stewards from all the Chrysler plants, Bob Wright of the AUEW refused to call for the nationalisation of Chrysler and urged stewards to be sympathetic to When the crunch came at that Monday meeting, Wright predictably ran a mile. He stated: "We have got to make a decision on the plan. By consistently presenting no anternatives to the workforce, he ensured that approval of the Government's plan was the only road left open The "left' MPs followed the same course of betrayal. Every single Tribune MP present went into the lobby of the House of Commons and voted for 8,300 redundancies. Their only alternative" -was for the Government to buy up couty stock in the company - the exact opp osire or the poucy or hattonalsatior without compensation which some of them had sheepishly tail-ended at the public meeting called by the Ryton stewards. And the Government didn't even call us equity amenament to D debated.
The final word, however, must go to Bob Wright after the final meeting at Whitley. We think', he said, 'that the company is now more aware of our concern that our members should be protected.
Red Weekly 8 January 1976