THE MAIN speech to the Ford strikers Dagenham Friday's meeting made by chiet negotator Todd. Here are extracts from his speech.
So we are talking to a company which profitable, a company which over years has amassed a profit of £700 million, and we said now is the time for the company to begin to redistribute some of that profit to the people created that profit - the Ford WOrKerS •*• The media still present. the issue as a confrontation with Socialist Challenge 9 November 1978 Page 4 the Government. Well, let's get one thing clear: there is no way was we have used any of you in a Ron political fight.
We are fighting the company on ne pass ortner success, un the basis that we believe now is the time for Ford workers have an improvement on their DRS Wate Everything had from Ford you have fought for. They never gave it to you. Every advantage we've had who from Ford from the days when was a shop steward in the Walthamstow plant has been wrung from the company ... We reached the position that to you have ever YCHE way, offers going the outer.
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