Tory threat to more steel
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Corby steel workers march against closure. No strategy to defeat the massive lay-offs has been put forward. British Steel announced a pre-tax loss of £73 million in the first quarter of this financial year last week, making it likely that the Tories will demand yet more closures and making it impossible for 'protests' to save Corby. ing next week they decided they would "reserve" their position if they were outvoted at that meeting and that they would ask the General Executive Council of the TGWU for "official support for any action taken."
This is a weak lead to the workforce but the way is now open for strikes, the first of which, wherever it happens, should be supported by all sections of workers opposed to the grading.
The grading is a crucial part of Edwardes plans to make Leyland workers pay for the company's crisis which is why the union leadership have been ramming it down workers' throats.
A fight against the structure involves a fight against the union leadership and a programme that will counter the inevitable threat of closure from the company. TORBY TRADES COl PHOTO: Labour weekly