WC by council. He explained the significance of the current strike and what is needed to win. We reprint here the main points from his speech. 'WE MUST TAKE a lead Margaret Thatcher. The next time that Labour becomes the government must show ine same class loyalty to our people as she shows to hers.
"I nis alspute was lot created by the NUM, but MacGregor's decision to close the pits. It is a sick society that condemns as hooligans people who take strike action to save industry. When MacGregor creates permanent unemployment that's described as good business sense.
I would like to have a nanona baliol. ne question would be "Do you agree Will the ment of lan MacGregor as Chairman of the National Coal Board?" he accept the result? The Tories talk aooul but they don't understand the meaning of the word.
'Miners fighting for the right to work. Why don't the police protect the half million unemployed? If they funds, that will take us back to of situaliuli Tolpuddle Martyrs, who established the movement with no money, but with only their commitment.
'Yesterday's meetin with orner boors saoul not be misunderstood. was meeting. The decision was taken not merely because they sup port the miners, because they recognised 1 was their fight, their Jobs would under attack next time. We are beginn ing to learn this lesson That's why the media is baying hysterically 'The greatest victory of the 1972 dispute was not winning the wage claim in full, the additional items. he real victory was restoring the faith, loyalty commitment the Larse your now. We are fighting to save the pits. not just to save jobs and vour lululc. but to retalr democratic and free trade 'We fighting for our rights as citizens and our dignity as human beIt's time to get off ines our knees and fight. If we do, can't lose' days and it came to a crunch on Thursday night. We had a meeting at work 70 of us decided to come out. We immediately set up our own picket muc About 400 miners on the dav shift decided to supmassive shop of solidari- port our picket ty.
'We are confident that the rest of our pit will see through the Tory lies and support stand. And then we will be calling for support the rest of the area to stop Notts from being a min power stations and steel works. week's supply left. of Port Talbot steel wanted coke stopped as well. after a picket line went up The strike is biting in Wales NUM)
pickets without numbers on their sion they are supposedly from.
They've taken cove "Miners' ATTENTION has switched in South Wales to the Following the refusal by the boilermen's union steelworks, the miners have threatened to pickel all supplies entering and leaving the works. The mass picket of the steelworks last Wednesday was On Saturday a rally in Blackwood. Gwent, was clapped and cheered by shop workers and passers Derek Gregory, NUPE Wales Divisional Ofwith a cheque 101 coalfields to take action in support of the miners: "There's a greater law than transient Tory law', he said, 'that's the law of trade union solidarity.
Nearly all coal movement in South Wales has One train a day carrying coke was moving divisional officer had instructed his members not to move coal. He said he hadn't realised the miners That was changed Fi other areas too. South Wales police were forced to call off last weekend's rugby match as all the team were on picket duty! TERRY THOMAS (Deputy President South WE'VE SEEN hundreds of police on duty at the uniforms there's no way we can identify which force or divibarracks in Not-
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ARTHUR SCARGILL addressed a packed meeting in Doncaster last week organised by the local trades