Textile Workers' International Solidarity

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from Barbara Wilson Unions representing 125,000 Lancashire textile workers have sent £3,000 towards the strike fund of 270 workers who have been out for over a month after their firm, East Asia Textile Mills of Hongkong, sacked a worker, The man concerned, Chung Hon Loong, had worked for 6 years, seven days a week, without a day off, He asked for a rest day because he felt unwell, was refused, took the day off and was then sacked for being absent. Mr, Lewis Wright, secretary of the Weavers' Amalgamation, the Lancashire workers' Union, says the £3,000 will keep the strike going for 30 days. He is also appealing the 33 unions affiliated to the International Textile and Garment Workers! Federation. of which he se alan canroatamr ¢n cord fwdte