[same day that a national dock strike was…]
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same day that a national dock strike was called in their support.
The same political obstacles will be present in this strike. When it comes to bringing down the government, the leadership will pull back. When it comes to spreading the strike into an all-out confrontation with the government, they will retreat.
Already the NUM negotiations with the Coal Board have been adjourned a week as the BL strike gets nearer.
But these limitations must be overcome.
The strike must be spread to all those affected by the four per cent limit. One million local authority workers are faced with a four per cent offer in a few weeks' time. If they stand back and see BL workers defeated they will be faced with a Inside PAGES 2-3. Answering Edwardes' closure threa
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