BL Convenor takes money and
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4,650 jobs in the factory against 8,000 a year ago.
The move comes as BL ends production of the Triumph Spitfire and the Dolomite and transfers assembly of TR7 to Solihull.
Canley will continue as an engine production and administrative centre only.
LEAGUE
WINSFORD Public meeting «The Trotskyist answe to the capitalist crisis' Sunday August 31 at 7.30 p.m.
George and Dragon
Delamere Street ns As 1600 workers go on the dole they might spare a thought for their convenor Eddie MoGarry.
McGarry is leading from the front. He has accepted voluntary redundancy and is leaving the factory on Friday.
This leading right winger can be added to the long list of those who fought against militant policies and then quit to leave the workers to their fate.
*A TGWU delegation met top BL management last week to press for the recognition of Alan Thornett, deputy convenor at BL's Cowley plant. BL adjourned the meeting without agreement and delayed a decision.