BOOSTED by gains in local lections and spurted on by Labour'e poll cles of slashing public ex penditure, Tory counciis are busy carving up Direct Works Departments.
By JOHN HEWIT UCATT Steward In Nottingbam, by over 100 workers since next monchs.
Southampton BuildPe Cons however, inouuting. Last week hospitals who want to put dowi CEUISHOU the discuss their recent the Direct demonstration, Works Department has boen cut the Tories took control in 1976 and nocher 100 johs are going ib the The planned curbacks in Merseyside will push the unciuployment rate of construction workers in that area up to 30 Resistance to these closures is, 800 trade unionists in Birmingham responded to the call for an official demonstration called by the Union of Construction Allied ECHEL Trades and Technicians when all Which aEr WEGAEUESO UIC CIT AOL shut down for the day on Tucsie s ker trom the ort wid.
lands and Yorkshire as well as NALGO members from BirmInham council offices and public sector workers joined the In Nottingham, 500 building workers, joined by local tenants associations marched through in the Direct Works Departmen LAC LY CULLE PrOLOUNE dL Cul The Midland Region of UCATT, supported by a number D OLCE reBooa comucEs.
got a 100 per cent response Nottingham and throughout the workers union and clectricins ofSDorland marched oo the deibonstration, support fron ections of the Transport an General Warkers Union, the General and Municipal Workers, the same day. workers downed tools for the day and over 300 workers took part in the city's demonstration.
cil supported the sappage ani aid: Jobs bave to be defende and will be detended .... A united campaign is needed by the trade A unions against tbe cuts. to mak this Government Tear the labou moveneot more than they lea the international bankers Jack Rogers, one of the org anisers of the Liverpool march pointed out that the unemployed building workers on Merseyside labour to Skelmersdah Runcocn A Birmingham worke said: "We are short of bouses enough repairs heing done. Building workers are out of Jobs. Now they want even Intre culbacks.
Last week's strikes ind demonstrations show thar building workers are ready and want to fight hack. What b at issue is wether materials and labou should le idle whilss there is a CITEE SADIEU LOACH schools, hospirals, nursaries, et uniled campaigo agains cuts has to have as one of its Torerost demands the need for a pragramme of socially usefu] publie works which would llo only provide johs for everyon but would provide the service thar woking peopic noce
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