IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

CONVENORS' VIEW REJECTED

Red Weekly No. 185, 3 February 1977 · pp. 3-4 of the scan · 272 words

The scan: rw-no185-feb-3-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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ployment Protection Act. Significantly the de

dates - which would have put all wage negotiations in the hands of national officials.

three to one majority mend the deal. was

Parsons, the witch-hunting Trans- port and General Workers

the convenor at used even

← NO MORE WAGE CUTS!All hell broke out →

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