CUBA/continued London Meoting to oppose intervention
There will be a mecting called by the Britain-—Cuba Committee on Friday the 2lst of ijeptember, at the liahatama Gandhi Hall, 41, Fitzroy Square, London Vel. commencing at 7.3. pem,. The speakers include Bob Jdwards, M.P., Clive Jenkins, George iulvin and Stanley layne. N.B. The address of the Britain—Cuba Committee is: 2, King's Hall Road, Beckenham
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Tair Play for Cuba Committee organises pickets in New York based on Militant
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The picketting of the United Nations headquarters in New York on 3CDte 7th by the Pair Play for Cuba Committee was supported by various Cuban—/.merican and Puerto Rican groups. The F.P.U.C. Acting ixecutive secretary Richard Gibson said the demonstration had been hastily called because of the unprecedented war hysteria in the press against Cuba and that a planned demonstration at the same place would be held Sept. 18 when the U.N. General Assembly convenes.
He went on: "Vested interests in the U.S., certain elements in the Pentagon and Cuban counter—revolutionary groups in their pay are soeking by evory means to provoke a war between the U.S. and Cuba, no matter what the cost. There is no Cuban problem," he added, "There is only a very serious problem of convincing U.%. statesmen that this nation must learn to live in peace with its neighbours no matter what their political, economic and social systems," °
The picketting of the United Nations headquarters will take place vom 92 30 to 7.00 pam. We should show our admiration for these people, who right in the heart of the most powerful reactionary nation in the world, give us all an example, by following their lead.
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fhe fight against redundancy continusd/ \
\ Call for national rail stoppage
Representatives of railway workshop workers who lobbied their union representatives who were ongaged in talks at the B.T.C.'s Marylebone headquarters on Wednesday 12th, September said they had to press for a national strike. One of the men, Norman Temple of Darlington said:
tle have come here to call for a national railway stoppage. In the North we have the confederation and the N.U.R. district council with us. We cdo not want to inconvenience the public in any wa-, but this might be the only way of averting a national tragedy."
Another, also from Darlington said that the unions had talked much too long. The workers were calling for a national stoppage of the entire industry. Other spokesmen added that strike action was the only language Dr. Beeching and the Government understood. Altogether there were nearly 100 shop stewards representing all grades of railwaymen from 14 key centres. They came from Darlington, Swindon, York, Zastleigh, Cowlairs, Cawrphilly,etc.
Nation-wide demonstrations have continued: in Derby, over 1,000 railway workshop men and their wives met at the central halls in lianchester the N.U.R.'s Worth West district council has called upon its national executive to appreéuch other union: for a joint protest campaigns in Liverpool, delegates representing 18,000 workers of the Liverpool and North Wales district called for a special general meeting of the union to consider whether strike action should be used to defeat the Government's plans, and meetings havetaken place in t.any other centres.
There is to be a national delegate meeting of ongineors in railway workshops in London on September 27 to hear g confederation report on the jobs situation, ‘Some 200 delegates will be invited and the discussion is expected to be very lively because certain union leaders are doing all in their power to head off strike calls.
lierseyside trade unionist and unemployed to march through London
lierseyside trade unionists any unemployed will march through London on November 6th on their way to a lobby of Parliament as part of their campaign to draw attention to the unemployment situation in their area, A preliminary conference is to be held in Liverpool in October to draw up plans for the demonstration Unemployment has gone up recently from 26,000 to 29,000, ond local trade unionists have shown that theta are 50 local factories with a total of two million square feot of space empty on Merseyside. second strike at English Blectric Aviation (Luton)
On Friday 14th, Soptember for the second Fizday in succession 300 work= ers of B.5.A., Luton walked out over the managements rejection of demands for better terms of transfer to the firm's Stevenage works. Peter Sout hcott, the works shop stewards' convenor, has said that the terms offered by the management would mean an average reduction of £2 per week, The factory is due to close following the Government's cancellation of the Blue Water missile contract. It is understood that 1,000 of the workers are expected to be offered work at Stevenage. High Vacuum workers stand firm at Crawley
Despite the sacking of another 39 workers from the machine shop and tool room, the 400 strikers at idwards High Vacuum, Ltd., Crawley are standing firm. The strike started over the dismissal of 50 workers and the refusal of the management to discuss this with union or the shop stewards, They regard the move as an attempt to split them but they intend to confinye their fortnight old struggle. The management have since announced that will declare more redundancies.