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In all sections of workers there is a growing feeling for the removal of what they describe as the incompetent BSC management'. As one militant asked: "If steel is nationalised shouldn't the bosses be responsible to us and not the bloody car industry.
Lanwern is once again beginning to fight back against BSC. The craftstien are backing TASS, The TASS workers obviously feel strengthened by this support and are more solid than ever. On Tuesday all the production workers will be laid off and the SIMA —middle managementhave scarted a work-to-rule.
This situation is a prelude to big strugies at Lanwern and the steel industry in general. The way forward is being shown in the setting up of joint and production workers committees, not just at Lianwern but throughout British Steel, JOHN CONNOR national)
London N.1 I would like more information about the ING and its activities NAME (British section of Insult. They have demandod a 33 per the Fourth Interstring attachert 97 Caledonian Rd., mation.
plea for peaceful negotistions" was kers are demanding that the strike be made official immediately.
and under workers" control.
D. Beckett
go on unofficial strike till their demands The workers, who now reccive a basic wago of 121 a week, have treated the management's-olfer of a E3 incruase as an cent across-llis-boand increase, with no The union in the lactory is the GMWU, not known for its eagerness to defend the Jiving standards of Is members Union officinis lave argued against shop floor meetings, und have nsfused to pive the rank-and-file any of the necessary inforAt the mass meeting the officials tried to provent the strike, but failed. Their answored by a mass walk out. The wor The crisis in the sugar industry might provide Rowntree's with the excuse for Lay-ofts and redundancies in the coming months, To counter this we will have to strugde for: wark aharing: no loss of pays and nationalisation without compensation at 7,30pm.