CRUMBLE Front. you black bastands!' All over Europe peopies incomes APPEAL Only a seties of disputes and the But the rickety, under-modernised But as the recession deepens and further lay offs, the unions are making nationalisation under workers" condriven down.
Tim Hall Striking workers at the Index textile a weck-long visit to the Soviet Union factory in Ashton-under-Lyne are confronting the bosses, the tradeunion bureaucrats and the National The struggle, in which both black and while workers are involved, is over the sacking of Dave Hallsworth by the lotex managentent, The day after be was sacked the union told him that he had also been expelled from the union, the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers (NUDBTW).
As a result, strikers from Inlos ooomaic I NUDRIW hadnuarters on 29 November in protest at the behaviour of the union bureaucrats (those Morning Star readers who disputed Colin Welland's account in Leeds United of how union hureaucrats behave should study this sit uation very closelyo, But they were ripilly thrown out by a lape number of Bradford textile workers, Jed by shop stewards alleged to be members of the National Frant. who shouted "Gel out, Then a member of the Union oxee elled from the Lion for dating to disa greo with the exocutive, The actual appeal of Dare Hallsworth and Dave Rhodes, another victimised worker, could well have boen taking place in a bourgeois court. Leading burcaoceat Fred Dyson sofused to call the witnesses brought by Brothors Hall sworth and Rhodes Ho insisted that the FC had heard enough wilitisss wrapped up the hearing, and left for A conference of the shop stewards in the car industry is now very urgent. That conference should also aim to involve workers trom the car componcnt industry. Above all it should work out a common programme to fight sackings and prepare for occupations of the car factories and the ancillary industries to force the Labour Govcroment to nationalise these tirans without compensation.
This means a serious fight for trol. Unleas these steps are taken. mass sackings are on the way and working class iving standards will be as a member of a trade onion delegation In the Intes factory ibelt two white shop stewards backing the strike have been physically assaulted by tacist gang sers One received a knife wound and the other was slashed with a razor as will as having his family threntened. Fle has had to send his family away.
lilly militants from other areas attcoded a strike picket last Friday, and the Manchestor Anti-Fascist Committen (AF) has called for further action to help the strikers. One of the major prob Jemas has boon the predomirantly whice women worken, working on day shifts, who have boon scabbing on the strike hecause of various thrats frora the bosses that with the change to contineatal shitts they could well lose their jubs SUPPORT Manchester district caccutive of the ING is calling for the setting up of local and nabonal support committees to build support for the Intex workers around threw key axus:
L. The necessity of developing self-def enos to defend all worker under adlack from fascals and racist 2. Propaganda and agitation alted et the womelt scabs, explaining the importance of the strike and why the expulsion of Hallworth and Rhodos affects all the MUTALILE A. The importance of support committoo and national solidarity, possibly culmin NEEL DEAR SOCHES HER BESHHE our support for the workers and our cor tempt for the management and the unior which defends it.
Norman Jones BRADFORD: TEACHERS VOTE FOR ALL-OUT ACTION A Rank and File motion calling for 'rigorous and vigorous" action in suppor the boand wage increase of 115 backdated to 24 May 1974 has beca passed TONY SEAL CAECILAL SECURS of the Bradford NUT. The mectins vote to demand that the NUT Executive call an all-out strike if the 215 is not schJeved by 9 Jamary 1975.
We have to ensuse that the mass of teachers are mobilised in the fight for the clim. and that tank and ble teache control the struge, In this respect the Scottish Action Commitio provide the best model far struggle.
Bradford AUT member.