IMGpapers 1976–79

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

BURMAH OIL'S INTERESTS

Socialist Challenge No. 10, 11 August 1977 · p. 6 of the scan · 207 words

The scan: sc-n10-aug-11-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 6 of the scan

* FIELOS the For thai Pd to black all essential work The formation of the conmittee marked Withough every trade had the right to their own stewards, by themselves they had little weight. Recognition for the Joint shop sommittee was an th top of the list of demand; Management feared that new of this exemplary strike would get out to the press other oil workers, Workers were told they would no longer be allowed to call home if they men At lioned the strike, the telephone told to secretly DUCTATHEWS Village of instant communicaThe management Telex turned our reams of (internal) peas on the two strikes. But 10 break through. During the strike a 30-yeariald worker attack'. He died during the 45 minutes it took for a doctor to let on the rig. On tha ng Itsel hare are only two These are paople with a basic knowledge of drugs and First aid, I Is almost certain and this to man's ille would have saved it oxygen equipment ha man demands at the at the was for a doctor to be aboard Gulag July. Since then the coverage had been animal for such an important strike. The right of strikers

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