SINCE Lambeth Council made its make any cuts services, the Labour launched a campaign to win support.
Party is working alongside campaigns opposing the cuts, such as Lambeth Fightback.
The council has Hen suzul for which is being supported by hospital workers Wandsworth, members throughout London Education LAILY other workers London.
Most of the council unions in Lambeth have voted to take strike action on the day, National Union of ananimously to ask all teachers to attend the demonstration.
Lambeth Fightback based campaign formed by Lambeth Trades Council and now supported by NALGO, NUPE, and the tenants' community groups. demanding that expanded, not cut, and is producing leaflets, TUS CIS and Wie are holding a public meeting on 1 November at 7.30pm in Lambeth Town Hall to rally support for the demonstration. The riserables Clapham 200 pa.: lorember. Edinburgh EDINBURGH and District Trades Council is to hold a conference aimed at establishing a broad-based labour movement campaign against the cuts.
A letter invitation to conference, which is being held on Saturday 3 November, points out that 'the whole trade union movement is opposed to the public expenditure cuts, to the resulting loss of jobs either 'natural wastage' redundancies. The cuts affect the whole movement, not just the public Their jobs and our services must be protected.' Credentials from the Trade Union 12/14 Picardy Place, Edinburgh.
By Pat Kane NO MATTER which way the vote goes in the bosses' ballot at British Leyland the light to save our jobs has to go on.
only thing that Leyland bosses are interested in is more money, bigger profits. First they dreamt up the Ryder plan union participation in which disarmed Leyland workers -and now it's the Edwardes' plan for a 'slimmer' British Leyland with *fewer people' through 25,000 workers.
The union leaders, *participating' Leyland, accepted the Edwardes' plan, just like they've accepted every other lousy idea that Leyland management has come up with for the past few years. They supported the jobs over the last 18 months. supported speed up and productivity deals.
Alternative Edwardes says there alternative to accepting his plan. The union leaderships have gone along with that. But we say there is another way, For a fight to nationalise the whole of the car and components industry - including Ford.
*No TENTHORNES *No transfer of work from other *No participation in job cutting, SCIENCH shop committees.
*No more bosses ballots. trade union democracy, with meetings to decide on action. Sack the union leaders who voted for the plan.
*Recall the Combine Committee and prepare the fight.
*For a national meeting of all management sacking who've been have loss of 20,000 They plant stewards Edwardes' ballot. stewards Full plant answers. How we argue against taking who voted No Of course there are a great many questions to which we cannot give pat can Leyland be financed without closures? How do voluntary redundancy? How do we change the unions into organisations that fight to defend jobs and not participate in NO returnames pass Toanimer these queszions ne bare build strong and organisation of militants against the Edwardes' plan overcome our differences and begin to organise to fight back. In Ford the Ford Workers' Group is just that sort of organisation - one that fights and seeks to answer the political questions By Pat Hickey Yes vote they want. essential for this. autited could begin to pose a real series solution io the probiems oi Lajan 18UL the import streamlining of the so-called Trade Union Alternative. It could develop the fighting spirit and self-confidence of those militants by allowing them the ICL THE BOSSES' ballot at BLisa fraud and a sham. Here are a number of good reasons why the ballot should be rejected even if management do get the The BI bosses spent a lor of money on taking out fuli page adverts in every car town'slocal press. Car component firms like Lucas Hate laken out doverl urging a Yes vote too. The Birmingham Evening Mail gave front page freatment to the Edwardes letter to BL workers, No such facilities were extended to the opponents of Edwardes plan.
While this barrage of pro-management publicit, goes on the individual worker has to make up their own mind, vote and post the baliot form. With the bosses' view presented as the only rational one most workers will not have the confidence to disagree. A democratic decision has to be based on collective discussions and the collective strength of BL workers. Mass meetings are The ballot is based on • dividing the worhforce. In the plants that are staying open the bosses have presented a glowing picture of the fulure - to encourage the workers at those plants to vote awas the job of worker- in organseren controk and the threatened worher. and *огкег •noud ‹ole 1! c. 3 . = with another worher sinh The hallot ha-an.... -stingin it. Evers. ne in supervisor ha- an equal .
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Secret Ballot on the Company's plan for the recovery of BL DO YOU GIVE YOUR SUPPORT TO BL's RECOVERY PLAN? YES