Hoover Ready
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-10-22Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 14 →
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SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER Main Hall, University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology minutes from Piccadilly Station, central Manchester)
This feeble response has Starts 10am. Credentials (four delegates per Joint Shop Stewards Committee, two per other been fully in line with labour movement body) £2 per delegate from • W.J.Partlan, 15 Lines Road, Droylsden, Sunday November 1st, 10 t 5.30, at Westminster Cathedral Conference Centre, Morpeth Terrace, SW1. Open to all AAM members: details, AAM, 89 Charlotte St, London WI.
The Campaign for Democratic Rights in Turkey is organising a conference for Saturday December 12, from 10.30 to 5pm at NUFTO Hall, Jockeys Fields, London NC1.
Labour movement organisations are invited to write to the CDDRT. 29 Parkfield St, 1 =0on ll. tor credentials.
•ee is £ 3. - = =wide an impor-a to discuss = .:: 101:20 .: 7510 By lan McLeish THERE IS no doubt that if the Hoover company tries to close down any of the British factories, there will be a massive fightback.
Eddie McAvoy, shop stewards'convenor at the Cambuslang plant, outlined the workers' plans at a recent meeting organised by Rutherglen LPYS: "The company say they'll let us know their plans by Friday 23rd. If they say they'll close Cambuslang, then we'll strike on Friday.
"I would expect the same thing to happen at Perivale. leither of us can win in itation. The closure of one =n*: still doesn't guaranset JoDs at the other.
'In Cambuslang we are very fortunate that the factory has a 50-50 workforce of men and women. I was told when I took the convenor's job that the women would sell us out because they only worked for pin money. That's just not true. "It's the men who have usually accepted lower pay increases, etc. The biggest support has always come from the women.
Critical
• Over the past few weeks the fightback has been started. The next few days will be critical. But if we continue to fight the way we have Manchester.
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