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January.

They've been in occupation of the plant for over four weeks since the bosses proposed sacking 60 workers. Dunlop then threatened to close the whole plant and sack all the workers.

Despite a severance pay bribe, the workers have remained solid.

Management that the workers are in breach of contract, which would disqualify them from receiving unemployment benefit for seven months.

The INVERGORDON smelter occupation also continues. BACO (British Aluminium) has agreed to defer the redundancies until January 24th and to take on some short-term workers to keep the pli erating condition months, while th find a buyer.

Blacking The TUC has proposed nothing to support the workers at Invergordon, who need extensive blacking by the whole labour movement, such as that imposed by NUR members at Invergordon: they have blacked . ore supplies coming through Invergordon to the smelter at Fort William.

TWO hundred seafarers remain on board the SEALINK cross-channel ferry the SENLAC. (Our report in SO last week of a one-day strike by officers in support of the Senlac occupation was wrong. In fact the officers struck for a week in solidarity with Senlac.)

The occupation has had an effect on Sealink who were determined to close the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry.

Talks are now going on with Sealink and SNCF (the French rail company) and British and French seafarers' unions about keeping the service open.

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Brynmawr and on the Sen-.

of jobs.

The fact that so many jobs have been lost over re- LAID тар — cent months is in the main due to the reluctance of the TUC to take effective action to stop unemployment.

There can be no doubt that the decision last week of the Leyland truck workers at Bathgate not to occupy their plant is a direct result of the lack of support other workers in the car industry have had when trying to save their jobs. They see little chance of winning on their own.

But occupations can give a lead - and the TUC must act to support these workers, through national solidarity action and blacking.

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MARXISM Ont in i for try ISLINGTON: Every other Thursday, _7.30 at the Florence, Florence St. Jan.21: Support Solidarnosc Feb.4: What is Trotskyism? WALLASEY: Monday January 25, 7.30 at Wallasey Labour Club. Winnie Murphy on 'The Fight for Union Democracy'.

Socialist Organiser Delegat Meeting: Saturday Jan.30 11am to 5pm in Birming ham. For details phone 021-471 1964.

London Workers' Socialist League classes on basic Marxism: alternate Fridays, next class January 22 on the Communist Manifesto. For details of registration and venue, write to PO Box 135, London N1 ODD.

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