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Moves to co-ordinate Scottish solidarity action

Red Weekly No. 28, 23 November 1973 · pp. 5-6 of the scan · 289 words

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On Saturday, 17 November, there was a mopting of all Scattish Chile Soliderity Committees, held in the Glasgow Trade Union Contic, to set up a Sectsh Chile Defer ce Committee to co-ordinete action: Representations came fromthe Edinburgh, Aberdan Starling and Combernaule Strath kelvin committees as well as from Gleegow. The Scortish organiser of the Communist Party atterided, as did members of the Toternational Maryar Group from filesgow and Stirling and a Glasgow member of 1S There were not a many infiben of the Seeth desh with a meeting of she LCOTU, but representsucs of the Indian Workers Association and NATSOPA were among those who came, So also was Ed Kelly, a top stewind from Yarrows, which is currently builda two ships for the Chilean Navy. He reporend chal the regional Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engi pering Unions had unenimously offared their support to any peason by lie Tamrors zorkers to back cat ships, and that Jimmy Mitne and Jimmy Jack of the Scuttish TUC were to visit the yards on Monday to offs the STUCS support.

The meeting decided to ask the STUC TO DETa conference for ult trade union militants working or goods for Chile in mid Dearmber, and to hold's second Scotish mearing beforehand of the ditterent solidarity committees to prepere for it That contennon should not be seen as an end in ibell, but as a spurto lots Uitents no got motions from chair branches put before the STUd confornor next spring, casting for a general trade union boycott not only bf all War maten ats going to Chile, but also of all trade with the junta ofaey kind.

page 6 of the scan

In opening the recent Socialist Worker Indusuf the rank-and-file suilitants, Bul many tbeosand:

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