Pregar for action
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-10-15Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 16 →
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THE LEYLAND Action Committee - a group of BL workers, mainly in Cowley and Longbridge, fighting for a militant alternative to the bureaucratic official tradeunion leadership - played an important role in getting the £20 claim adopted.
An LAC bulletin, outlining the issues and explaining why BL workers should steer clear from any • claim relying on the bonus payments, got a good response in the factories.
Now the LAC will have crucial work to do in preparing for a strike. An LAC meeting has been called for next he will go ahead, since he would be likely to lose.
Once the strike gots ahead its problem will be one of political leadership.
Isolated
Like the steelworkers last year, the official leadership will want to keep it isolated and contained, in order to avoid a mass movement developing against the anvernment The reality is that BL is the key to the public sector Wednesday, 21st, and new LAC bulletin is being discussed.
Contact the Leyland Action Committee c/o 194 Dawlish Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham 29.
eylana No.l August 1981 Available frot 194, Dawlish Road, Birminshem, 29 (send sae):
pay round. If the 3.8% is imposed on BL it wil be used by other leaders in the public sector to duck the Issue BL workers, therefore, must win and they must get the backing. Ford and Vauxhall workers should join BL once the strike begins, making a strike of the bulk of the car industry.
Public service workers should not sit back and wait for their review, dates. to come up. 'They should Join the BL strike once it starts.
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