March 1 pay law strike at Ford's

Workers Press no. 1001, 19 February 1973 · scan page 13

Topics: Car industry, Socialist Labour League and the WRP

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PUBLIC 3pm MONDAY SPIRUARY 19. TUESDAY FEBRUARY:

Socialist Labour League Public Meetings UNITE IN ACTION TO DEFEND BASIC RIGHTS WANDSWORTH THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8pm Wandsworth Town Hall Wandsworth High Stree speaker: MIKE BANDA (SLL Central Cttee)

BRADFORD THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7.30 p.m.

Central Library Top of Hall Ings.

Speaker:

Cliff Slaughter (SLL Central Commit CASTLEFORD SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25, 6.30 Castleford Civic Hall Ferry Bridge Road Speaker: C. SLAUGH TER (SLL Central Commit (ee:

BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY FEBRUARY Digbeth, Civic Hall Digbeth, Birmingham speaker: MIKE BANDA (SLL Central Cttee)

Unity on the straight wages issue was not possible between the two sections of workers, he said, because the Ford workers were fighting for parity with Midlands pay rates.

But the real unity had to be on the question of the governThere was a danger of betrayal by the TUC on March 5.

Therefore the fight to force the government to resign and re-elect a Labour government pledged to socialist policies was the central question facing every section of workers in struggle.

There were those who were hesitant on the political questions facing the working class, said Mick Murphy, a Ford conNORTHIKENT MONDAY FEBRUARY …Ine snakesocare.

SLI. Nationai Sec SOUTHAMPTON MONDAY FEBRUARY Marlands Hall Havelock Road opp. Civic Centre Speaker: ALAN THORNETT (Deputy Senior Steward Morris Motors in a personal capacity)

MEDWAY TUESDAY FEBRUARY Aurora Hotel Brompton Road Gillingham speaker: MIKE BANDA (SLL Central Cttee)

SLOUGH FEBRUAR' 8pm Britwell Community Long Furlong Drive Britwell Estate speaker: G HEALY (SLL National Sec)

DAGENHAM THURSDAY MARCH Manor Park Library Romford Rd/Rabbitts opp Rabbitts Pub speaker: G HEALY (SLL National Sec) Une in action to defend basic lights WATFORD HEAL. "ELL Contrat Citee) venor from Dagenham.

But people had been hesitant at first when the question of a £10 pay claim in Ford's had been raised. Now the idea was generally accepted.

Hesitancy was natural when the issue of fighting the government was posed, but workers were going to get used to it— 'politics will grow on you', he said.

CORRECTIONS:

The article 'Recession seems to have ended, says Mandel' on page 5 in Saturday's Workers Press •was by Saturday the dates 1946. This should have read 1943-1946.

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