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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

Leicester closure

Red Weekly No. 186, 10 February 1977 · pp. 2-3 of the scan · 340 words

The scan: rw-no186-feb10-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 2 of the scan

had earlier cations giants and socia existing work working week. cies will cost the state more than ine rost ornice will save Is or no interest to the Post Office, because it works as a private concern, with its private interest, inside the state.

Inere is an alternative. boun tne Post Office and the telecommuniare making huge profits. A workers enquiry into the books could establish a fighting alternative to the sackings around the demand of sharing out the £1,980,000 and cutting native would need a high level of Wildt Mellor Bromley, part of Sir Charles Clore's Bentley Engineering Group has proposed the sure of their Aylestone Road factory in Leicester closure orine actor last week, which knitting machines will result in the loss of 390 jobs.

ine company usumes me ton down by stating it wants to con operations at tne DU modern' factory in Leicester But while making similar claims inne bastine croue nas resucer its workforce from 4,000 to 2,000 the last two years by closing Taclones LEICES CI Meanwhile the company announ profit last year At a recent mass meeting workers snowed meir anger and mus ration at ine reduncancies. INE instructed them to take whatever action was necessary to prevent the closure worrying that the action taken so far by the shop stewards and full-time officials has repeaten ine pattern or was expenence: - top level meetings witn man local MPs and ministers of state for industry produced nothing Dast THIS Calls TOr enoumnes #HEC knitting machine industry.

stewards and full-time offi about the re implement the 1975 policy of the uncancies they district committee of the Amalgamated Union Engineering workers which resolved to occup factories declaring redundancies.

As for any enquiry, it would be poinuess unless me company wai forceo to disclose all Is rolans open all its books to the workers

page 3 of the scan

WE NEED NON sirone marcned infouen neme Hemosterd last wednesday RED WEEKLY 10 February 1877 3

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