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Socialist Organiser1982 1982-02-04Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 3 →
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BSf. are preparing for pajor,... leaders tbat they will fight -lom wo steed lasure avet the last four- dive roundu scary shouid be" „.. ture by the membershipwas formed at the end of the steel strike by a group of steelworkers who were not prepared to accept defeat. Despite the betrayal by our national trade union leaders we recognised the need for strong local leadership which could cut across individual trade union boundaries.
We were also conscious of the militanev that existen VALDEVU amonst rank and file steelworkers on the jobs issue during the strike. We are determined to reflect that militancy in whatever we do and wherever we go in the fightback for jobs. When, oh when, are we going to have a fightback against retrunaancies! unemployment TT-.-.1 and dole queues are obscenities ur roryism ana ine society iney protect.
These obscenities are the soul uesrovmne mstrumets or enul dectravina inctrumante nf degradation. To the redundant steelworkers they can mean poverty, misery, depression and premature death. There is no such thing as a 'future' for our unemnloved onlv a heart rending emptiness and a future life without purpose.
Again the Tory henchmen at _BSC. are preparine. for-maior.
wuwul RKERS plant closures. Mr Bill Sirs and nur Fxerntive can he reliahlv cal oe renauly expected to lead us once more into the blind alley of despair.
The pattern is always the same:
1) A closure announcement bv BSC 2) The formation of a works action committee 3) Declaration by the union leaders ibat they will fisht in M*:inn BEGGAR MAI STOP WELS DESTRUCTI the bitter end.
→ meties anu ucinonserd- Marrhou and damanitor tions to Parliament.
5) The cold bureaucratic hands of the steel unions divide the workforce into their individual groups, where isolated and disnirited they aorpp tn armant иоринеи ry apice tu dweept redundancy payments.
This has been the rough pattern at nearly every major steel elocure nver the boet four
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Organiser. Thursday rebruary, Page a Wor a Yews Anti- Apartheid leaders fear independent unions