Socialist Organiser

The weekly of the fused Workers Socialist League, July 1981 to April 1984

Plessey job

Socialist Organiser no. 173, 4 April 1984 · scan p. 15 · about 247 words

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LaBour are still getting things through from there but we'll resolve that this week. Overall, the blacking has been excellent. replace our skills.

Our families are meeting in people's houses to discuss The District Committee of the AUEW hold open meetings every week. We get lots them more than the nominal The AUEW leadership should be getting the AUEW moving. We've had a lot of help from she isn't); that she has a poor by picketing day in and day out even if it takes a year, or two years.

the strikers by offering two of them more money, but they refused this.

There will be a mass picket this Thursday, 5th, at the company's office, 926 Stratford Rd.

Donations and messages to 16 Willes Rd, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Ten sacked SALFORD'S Labour-controlled council has sacked ten NALGO members.

The union held a protest strike on Monday April 2. The strike by manual worker Plessey's telecommunicat plant at Edge Lane, Liver begun three weeks ago redundancy terms, seems li to strengthen with announced this week management of further stantial job losses.

In January, Plessey ann ced plans to axe 840 jobs at of its factories in South Shi (near Newcastle on Tyne), Lamberhead near Wil which is to close comple next month. Now more than jubs are to go at the Edge 1 plant by the middle of year - falling from about 3 tu about 2,850 by March, another 180 to go soon a' wards.

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