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tors, Fitters, Riggers, Tubers and Welders is in the repair of boilers for the Electricity Board.

Such work is vital to maintain plant and equipment, but is concentrated in the summer months, when demand for electricity is at its lowest. Therefore despite the lack of alternative work, despite the dangerous, dirty, insecure and important nature of the job, the Social Security argue that this vening period.

This situation of course has been worsened by the Labour Government's policy of mass unemploy ment and restricting government spending. As the action committee: leaflet points out:

... the Construction and Building Industries are always the first to feel any cut-back in Public Spending. In the Newark area there has been no major construction work since the completion of Cottam Power Station in 1968"

The action committee calls for union action to change the law on payment of benefits to those out of work. Far more important, however is the fight against, unemployment - for the nationalisation of the construction industry and a prog tamme of public works to provide work for the thousands of builders and dunderase endo todundant hsi ana traaesmen mauc icuunuan vy bankrupt capitalism.

The clear direction of the Lab our government however is towards further mass redundancy. The unions must therefore mobilise against these attacks by forming joint committees of employed and unemployed workers on a local regional and national level to lead the fight.

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