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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

The Action Committee's statement to our readers

Red Weekly No. 46, 5 April 1974 · p. 2 of the scan · 372 words

The scan: rw-no46-apr-5-1974.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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under workers management can deal with arise, then a levy Impousd by the GovernA WORKERS' PAPER We must not ipoore, as the workers' Yet there in a desperate nood for a mass better to try to establish such a press than If these demands were Leken up by the Tory pros, What berter opportunity for R lu change dis stuation than by placing in put to the servico of the labour movement.

But the Beaverbrook worker should Schweppes monopuly which owns Typhoo COLSHTTER the last odition Everal place on Sunday le an Eaglish verdon Be once great newspap RINTED in Mancherb all the misery that entaila. in LnIS DISSOC венкраде that ad thinkime of its readers which y mmitte shuuld contacied the Beaverbreck have offered The statement which the Action Committee representing 1,900 redundant newspaper workers attempted to publish on the front management relused to pay lay-off noney.

The oucupation was the first result of a dispute which has begun to soowball throughout the car industry in the le rafted when a foreman was tacked sher boing spied on during a sick leave absence. Six hundred T&GWU members worked la rul, and refused cooperation with management.

Thuy comando that the spies a suner visor and i foreman-be sacked. When management relused payincot on the grounds that production had been almost nil, the shonfloor salked out and mounted statement was bused by the Glasson Se, 00% resters seow it and shan the Glastow Seattish Dally Ren from Manchester. unfit now we call to keep Committer seen through column of a bright new. Brofibb ACHSULUCE a 24-hous picket. Production throughout Birmingham car factories was chrestened for lack of Lucas electrical components This dispute foreshadows future up beavals as the car industry tries to over come the problems caused by the three day weck, and workers take action Lo saist the cifects of the crisis. Women workers will frequently find themselves at the top of their employers' lay-off fists, and subject to production re scheduling The women at Typhoo and Lucas are demonstrating their ability to fight back

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