Wearside yard closes
By John Spencer
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again BY A WORKERS PRESS CORRESPONDENT SUNDERLAND shipyards of the Doxford and Sunderland shipbuilding group are close for the second time in 17 weeks.
120 men from the Doxford's North Sands yard at Pallion were told not to report for work yesterday and more layoffs are expected.
The men were warned that without the fitters and maintenance men who have been on strike for 17 weeks the yard could not remaia open.
More lay-offs are pending as certain machinery needs attention from the fitters who decided on Monday to continue their strike against the proposed productivity deal.
Mr Harry Wilkinson, Wearside AEF district secretary, has once again decided to put the matter in the hands of the national executive after Wednesday's talks with the company reached deadlock.
The district committee's decision to spread the strike throughout Wearside involving other AEF members remains suspended while a meeting is expected before the end of the week between Doxford's management and AEF executive members.
Sunderland Trades Council has passed a resolution condemning the Rev Taylor who attempted to place the entire blame for the fitters' strike on trade unionists (reported in Wednesday's Workers Press).
They felt the remarks were 'one-sided and unnecessarily alarmist'.
They expressed their solidarity with the strikers and urged other trade unionists to give moral and financial support.