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169, Barclay Road, Smethwick, W. Midlands majority of the working class unless there is concerted action to defeat the Tory government this winter.

The political questions that arise in such a fight will form a central part of the discussion at the Birmingham conference convened on November 15 by the Campaign for Democracy in the Labour Movement. cuts in the public services and the new anti-union laws, will seek ways of promoting such a programme.

It will also take stock of the new political developments in the Labour Party in the run-up to the Special Conference in January.

We urge Socialist Press readers to support and attend this conference. FROM BACK PAGE pany can best be in the eyes of workers.

We urge S readers to attend conference and amendments. put to the test public sector ocialist Press this important support these march A demonstration has been called in Birmingham this Friday morning 17 October to focus labour movement attention on the struggle being fought by the workers at Birmetals.

The dispute, noW five months old, began after management manufactured a dispute out of a straightforward pay claim and used it as an excuse to lay off the whole workforce for several weeks.

They then recalled the workforce and ordered them to scab on workers still in dispute.

Those that refused were again laid off and then sacked by letter.

But the DHSS has declared that since they were "in dispute" when sacked, they are not eligible for unemployment pay or social security.

The white collar staff have since been notified that the firm is to close and that they will receive severance pay providing they do not oppose the closure and behave themselves.

It is essential that maximum support is mobilised for the demonstration which will assemble at 10 a.m. at Snow Hill car park, Birmingham.

As one angry Birmetals striker told Socialist Press, "If we let Thatcher get away with this one, nobody's job is safe: they'll just smash the unions"