IMGpapers 1976–79

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

LESNEYS: THE STRUGGLEOF ONEIS THE STRUGGLE

Socialist Challenge No. 118, 18 October 1979 · p. 9 of the scan · 260 words

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On Saturday senior stewards met in Birmingham and clearly rejected the idea of mass redundancies in any Leyland plant. PAT KANE went to Birmingham and was not surprised to find out that there is scepticism as to whether the union leaderships are planning for a fight.

Many rank and file workers are already coming up with answers to Edwardes — they call for a policy of occupations in the threatened plants with strike action throughout Leyland; they want greater shop floor involvement in planning for action; they want to see what the company's bookssay. To this we add the need for work sharing without loss of pay to counter the bosses' allegations that there is no work. And for a national conference of shop stewards to plan and lead the fight. MICHAEL EDWARDES, Leyland boss Lesneys.

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