IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

Confused response to Ford provocation

Red Weekly No. 21, 5 October 1973 · pp. 3-5 of the scan · 287 words

The scan: rw-no21-oct-5-1973.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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The Williams incident occurred after a 50% speed-up in his department, The management demanded a production increase from 480 to 714 units per day. But the men felt that the management were deliberately provoking a strike so as to avoid paying workers laid off due to strikes in the Midland components industry. This finally led to the workers demanding payment irrespective of whether Lay-offs occur because of internal of exterpal cluses. -However the stewards have still proved unable to overcome the sectionalism, which has led to contusion and daunity. For example, in both the PTA (final assembly) and Body Plant a common policy was agreed on: lay-offs without pay would he resisted and in future laid-off workers would come in and demand work, But the Williams strike produced a confused situation, in which some soctions were striking. while others were demanding work; and some simply demanded Williams reinstatement, while others demanded a new lay-off agreement in addition.

The decision to accept the result of arbitration on the Williams case, is a serious concession to

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class areas of Glasgow and Merseyside Successful recruitment in these circles would assist the NF's desires to create a base in all parts of the UK.

Infiltrating working class areas and institutions, forcs in the student field. the NF frequently admits is dominated by the left and near-hopeless for extreme-right agitation, is to provoke and damage socialist apart, the left must bear in mind the distinct possibility of an NF campaign against socia list meetings and events, dragging in its wake the most vicious of the individual hangers-on of the fascist right.

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