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Woman Worker1981 1981-03-01Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 1 →
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Councillors voted against the rent increase. Tenants must link up with these Councillors and lead the fight against those right wing Councillors that are betraying the interests of the working class.
The fight must be taken into the organised strength of the trade union movement to kick out the right and in the process bring this anti-working-class government to its knees.
'existing job holders' and maintains a commitThe Mid-Cheshire Trades Council's council of action has called a rally on March 16 to protest at rent and rate increases and the cuts.
The Tory-controlled local council is proposing average rent increases of around £4.50-£1.55 more than Heseltine has asked for. On top of this tenants will be faced with about £1.50 more on their rates bill each week.
As Dave Murphy, chairman of the council of action, pointed out:
*They are political increases. The tenants and ratepayers should not be responsible for any kind of Toryimposed cuts and rent and rates increases."
The council of action is hoping that the rally will launch a massive protest movement-including a rent strike.