Staffa Plans Mass Pickets
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-10-29Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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MASS PICKETS are being organised outside Staffa Products in East London every Monday morning since workers were evicted - by over 300 police -from a three week old occupation to save jobs, on Saturday October 17.
Almost 400 jobs will be lost if the factory closes -and that's one third of all engineering jobs in Waltham Forest.
On Monday 26th the mass picket was around 100 strong, and the mood was optimistic. The police kept a fairly low profile, in contrast to the previous week's tactics, when the six-picket rule was forcefully imposed.
The campaign is now developing into the wider labour movement. Last Saturday the National Ports Shop Stowards' Committee agreed to black all Bowden International and Staffa TONY BENN CHARLES MORRIS RON HALVERSON ( AUEW)
ERIC CLARKE LEE JEANS products. Support is also encouraging from the NUM, particularly in South Wales, where three pits ire already blackino staf nachines before the NUM have given any officia. instructions.
The target now is blacking of all Staffa products in the mines and the docks.
The Greater London Council has given official support and is holding a cuss sondarit wook to discuss solidarity.
Last Wednesday, 21st, over 400 people attended a solidarity rally at Beinnal Green Town Hall.
The mass pickets are very Monday mornwig etween 7 and 8 at Argall Avenue, Leyton, London •E10. Messages money to Staffa AUEW strike committee, 39 Somers Rd, Walthamstow, London E17. For details of speakers and delegations, ring 01986 8352.
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(MP for Openshaw) National Committer (Gen Sec Scottish NUM)