[PHOTO: Laurence Sparham, IFL Bring down the ASSEMBLE…]
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PHOTO: Laurence Sparham, IFL Bring down the ASSEMBLE 11.00 p.m. SPEAKERS CORNER HYDE PARK MARCH AT 12.30 p.m. to TRAFALGAR SQUARE FOR RALLY Corby strikers speak out ... p.4 been more alone.
Indeed this TUC has not been restricted and the NUM.
GMWU leader Basnett has played his role-bureaucratically overruling a strike vote by thousands of water workers; and in British Leyland the Joint Negotiating Committee, despite a mandate for action, continues to, stall and prevaricate on calling an all-out striké against the company's insulting 5%with-strings pay offer.
More talks TGWU leader Moss Evans is already preparing the ground for a further delay with his appeals to Sir Michael Edwardes for "more talks", which everyone knows will produce no concessions.
The result is that now, after nine weeks of mounting determination and bitterness, the steel strike stands in considerable danger.
The limited victory on the Hadfields picket line brought about with the help of Yorks NUM pickets is no substitute for all out action by miners alongside the steel unions in the struggle to defend jobs, and living standards.
And with the supporting strikes in the private sector visibly weakening it is vital that the fight to extend and strengthen the struggle is taken forward.
Union rights At stake is far more than the wages' issue alone; and even more than the thousands of jobs threatened in steel and related industries: a Tory victory over the steelworkers would strengthen the hand of this vicious government to intensify