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The national overtime ban is 100% solid. On the Tyne mass meetings were held when it was heard that BS plan to get rid of more jobs in ship repairing if the action continues.

The mass meeting decided to keep on supporting action. At a time when workers are suffering massive cuts in living standards by the Tories, the one-day-aweek tactic was seen to be BL announced today that they intend to close the Speke Number 2 plant the loss of 900 jobs.

As yet there has been no reaction from the unions apart from proposals to discuss.

Speke No. 1 plant closed two years ago.

Many readers tell us they think Socialist Organiser has improved greatly since we went weekly. And our circulation has improved, too.

But it could improve a lot more if some of the many readers who like the paper, but only take one copy tor themselves began taking bundles.

We're offering bundles of 5 each week for 80p pr est free, and bundles of 10 for £1.50 Christmas and he could be right unless the action is stepped up to all-out strike. In fact it could be sooner.

Some people who want the action, or at least say they want the action to succeed, say that it would not be possible to get the support from the shop floor.

If this is true then the present action is doomed to failure •because no-one can go on losing one day a week and overtime indefinitely and they would be in a much more demoralised position if the call for all out action came after any lengthy period Robb Caledon workers have occupied their yard to stop them being forced on the dole.

If they don't win then all yards faced enforced redundancies.

The strike must become all-out action until BS withdraw the enforced redundancies.

Support needs to be sought from other industries to put pressure on BS and the government to stop their vicious attack on our jobs.

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From: Socialist Organiser, 28 Middle LIVERPOOL dockers began an indefinite strike on Monday over a staffing dispute.

While unloading a ship the cargo collapsed and the stewards requested four more men to help out in the unloading.

Management said they would allow two more men on the job but not four.

The unions and management have an agreement that jobs can be stacked up in cases of cargo collapse but management refused to budge on two men even though seven had been sent home unpaid on the night the ship was being unloaded.

This is in line with management policy of massively reducing the workforce and getting more work from the numbers they have left.

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N8 cheque: per man. On Friday October Ist, management were kicked out of the factory.

Since then the company has been making every effort to get a repossession order from the Courts. The staff accepted the advice of their ASTMS official and moved out of the factory; but the AUEW members, after listening to their district officials, made their own minds up, and stayed The court will decide on Friday 16th whether instruct the occupiers to move out, or to postpone the decision.

On October 13th the Staffa workers lobbied the AUEW Executive at Peckham demanding their action be made official. They have already had long talks with Laurence Scotts workers, and are in no mood to trust the AUEW leadership.

They aim to build up support from the well-organised sectors of the trade unions who work with Staffa products.

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