Labour rall Scots tour
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LAST FRIDAY, Solidarnosc shop stewards Piotr Kozlowski and Marek Garztecki visited the east of Scotland as part of the push to set up effective labour movement solidarity with Polish workers.
The visit could hardly have got off to a better start, for as they were driving to Bathgate the BL workforce were voting to occupy their plant.
Piotr, from the giant Ursus tractor plant outside Warsaw, almost felt at home: another tractor plant, another occupation.
He was able to address a meeting of the 200 shop stewards.
By comparison, the rest of the day was less emotional. An official reception by Lothian Labour Council (convenor John Creighton said We have always had a warm relationship with trade unions' - was this the same council that cut £30 million last year) was followed by a packed meeting sponsored by Edinburgh and District Trades Council.
DAVE MILLIKEN February, but details are not yet fixed The initiative is a start in redressing the lack of a national labour movement response.
In many respects the Polish; Solidarity. Campaign has done good work.
However, PSC's consistent policy of having Liberals, SDfers and Tories on its platforms makes it impossible for socialists - fighting in Britain, against the bitter resistance of our ruling class, for many of the demands that Solidarnosc fought for in Poland - to identify fully with the PSC.
The PSC is organising a rally on January 30 (2pm in Friends House, Euston Rd, London), but alongside Jimmy Dunn (Massey Ferguson convenor), _Terry Duffy, Peter Hain, Joe Marino and Vladimir Bukovsky, there is a Liberal Party spokesperson invited.
Our job is to continue to work locally for labour movement solidarity, and to buird for the national rally planned by the Labour