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Shop stewards call for Bombardier
nationalisation
21 July
The people of Derby
and beyond will be demonstrating, quite literally, their feelings
about the devastation being wreaked at Bombardier and cuts in general,
when they form thousands on Saturday marching through the city.
Dave Gorton, Midlands
coordinator of the National Shop Stewards Network, said today; �The
awarding of the Thameslink contract to Siemens is yet another kick in
the teeth for manufacturing workers. This will heap misery upon misery
for not only the Bombardier workforce and those thousands in the
supply chain, but for the city itself. The retail industry will suffer
immensely with the loss of spending power.
The ConDem coalition
are hiding behind EU �rules� on competition - it is nonsense to
believe that an elected government can�t have an influence on the
decision where to award this contract�.
David Cameron brought
his whole cabinet to Derby earlier this year to pledge his support for
manufacturing industry in the area.
�Where is that support
now?�, asked Mr Gorton, �Like all the other pledges from both this and
previous governments, workers are seeing them for the empty promises
they are.
In 1973, the then
Conservative government nationalised Rolls Royce to save it from going
under - they can do the same again with Bombardier. In fact, the whole
rail industry should be renationalised immediately.
The banks were rescued
- with our money - when the economy went bust; but when it comes to
workers� livelihoods, our rulers turn their backs. They won�t be the
ones who suffer, of course.�
Saturday�s
demonstration can signal the beginning of a fightback against this
government and their system. Derby will show it will not be beaten
into submission by the forces of big business who exist to make
massive profits for themselves at the expense of the rest of us.�
After the rally on Saturday, the NSSN is hosting a meeting in The
Flowerpot pub to which all are invited. Alex Gordon, President of the
rail, maritime and transport union RMT, has been invited to speak on
the way forward for Bombardier workers and all those interested in
mounting a campaign against the most vicious cuts in this county for
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March and rally
to save Bombardier:
Saturday 23 July,
10:00 am, Bass�s Recreation Ground (opposite Derby bus station)
NSSN
meeting after the
rally:
THE FLOWERPOT
23-25 King St, Derby
DE1 3DZ 1:00pm, Speakers include Darren Barber, RMT shop steward at
Bombardier and
Alex Gordon, RMT President
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