1 think Wilson is on the way out, the way he's talking. He was certainly in the rignt place wnen ne spoke at tne CBI-he seemed to be amongst friends.* Eddie McCluskey, Secretary of the Joint Shop Stewards Committee.
What Wilson said is a load a crap. Ha's truing to make nolitial sanital Machine Shop, for his views about the strike.
• What do you think of Wilson's comments on the strike?
Wilson's allegedly the leader of this country on behalf of the socialist people, the working class, and he has proved exactIv what he is: he is no better than the opposite - the Tories. They're not opposite, uney re bour the same He comes back from sitting on the beach in the West Indies, steps off the plane and immediately he starts the get back to work you idle buggers' sort of thing. All that Wilson's doing is trying to split the workforce and do the company's Joo sor trem He's now accusing us of being 'politically motivated', and with all due respect to our conchors utal s tae last Lang they are. Johnny Worth a member of IS was sacked for being 'politically motivated two vears ago. It was a set up job. But when he was sacked it was said on the Joint Shop Stewards Committee that 'we don't discuss politics. •Are you campaigning for wider support for the strike?
We've taken steps, a bit belatedly, to contact convenors win tie area and hopefully get support from other parts of the country. We've got a fighting fund Red Weekly asked Roy McLaney, AUEW Shop Steward in the Engine - not Harold Wilson's facts but our facts - and we've got to try and get as much moral and financial support as possible •Do you think you should be fighting alongside British Leyland workers to defend living standards and jobs?
If you're talking of the possibility of a link-up with British Leyland, what you are now talking about is nationalis ing the motor car industry under workers control. To be quite honest, our Joint Shop Stewards don't want to know at the moment. The attitude of our convenor is that we're Chrysler Stoke and we will look after ourselves, which is wrong • Do you think the Standing Comm ittee of the car convenors conference that met recently in Birmingham should be mobilising support for you?
It should be, but our convenors never went. They should have done.
• Ten thousand cars bound for Iran are sitting on Southampton dock -have you approached the dockers?
Unofficially, yes. But Jack Jones doesn't want to know about this strike, omy thing is proving it.
We've got to. inform people of the facts very protitable.
on deaf ears. be good. alised under workers
red weekly 29 may 1975