The threat of redundancies at CAV Acton is building into a massive struggle. Between 250 and 300 workers, the management saye, will be faced with the suck within the next two months.
cy from APEX and TASS workers who unanimously called for a ban on overtime, non-cooperation, and a refusal to cover for people who have left the firm for any reason whatsoCVIT "from above or below' This proposal was met by miliranLabour Party. on their own struggles.
Paulson. The occupation of an empty office block in Newcastle, taken over by Newcastle University last week in support of the grants campargo. connues, with dentands for the requisitioning of empiy properțies and for the nationalisation of land, A rally last Saturday in support of the occupation heard speeches from representatives of Newcastle Paul Deason, spotesman for the squatten told the rally: What we can Labour Party claims to be the defender of the working class that it carry out Is promises; that me farbe it to carry out ils promises against its will it neces sary. But we urge the peuple never to rely on the Labour Gosemment but ely The rally was followed by a demons tration to the Ciris Centre, known locally as "Dun's Castle", after the one-time Labaur Party boss of the North East Dan Smith, presently on trial, with The occupied office block, bailt tea Veais agu, is owned joindly by the City al Newcastle und Kerersel Holdings a subsidiary of Land Securilics, the largest properly company in Britain with peofits last year of E33 million. The chainman of Land Securitics is Lord Samuel, a Labour peer. The owners forcibly evicted, On Saturday, the students decided to withuraw from the occupation, on the basis that the demands of the cam nedgi bad almady begun to be carried into the heart of the Labour movemont.
The majority of the accopicis are now' "dossers', one of whom nored. it s better than the saranon Arm) Here we are ticated like people not The activities around the accupation have been organised by a daily general meeting of the occupants, where those omgaged in the struce hie run all thei affairs, including publicity, food supplie recunty, and fund-raising. These meetings, one of the participants says, wene usually over a hunded strong and sere the soene of healthy discusion, "The creativity of mass struggle und apparent to all who took part.' Ried Weekly 15 Manch 1974 Page 3
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