SOLIDARNOSC (Solidarity)
PICKET OF POLISH CONSULATE:
(BUCKINGHAM TERRACE; CORNER OF GREAT WESTERN ROAD AND QUEEN MARGARET DRIVE)
(NEAREST UNDERGROUND: HILLHEAD)
END THE STRIKE-BREAKING POLISH COAL EXPORTS!
END THE SUPPRESSION OF FREE TRADE UNIONISM IN POLAND!
WEDNESDAY, 24TH OCTOBER, 5.30PM - 6.30 PM
SPONSORED BY (to date)
Glasgow Polish Solidarity Committee; Castlemilk Miners Support Committee; Glasgow University Miners Support Committee; Glasgow University (Students) Miners Support Committee; Muirkirk Strike Committee (Ayrshire); Pollock Constituency Labour Party; Cathcart Constituency Labour Party; Stirling Constituency Labour Party; Queen's Park/Crosshill Labour Party; Glasgow University Labour Club; Glasgow District Labour Councillors; Jim Craigen MP; John Maxton MP; Denis Canavan MP; `Critique` Editorial Board; Stuart McLennan (CPSA National Executive Committee); Carol Thomson (Society of Civil and Public Servants, DHSS West of Scotland branch editor); Davey Graham (TGWU branch secretary, Newlands Bus Garage); Rowland Sheret (Chairperson, Stirling Trades Council); Alan Pow (Secretary, Stirling Trades Council); Hamilton CLP.
(All individuals in personal capacity)
At a time when the entire Labour and trade union movement is rallying to the support of the miners, exports of coal from Poland to this country have rocketed and are now running at 316% of their normal level. This is a major boost for the Tories' strike-breaking efforts.
Solidarnosc, on the other hand, the free trade union banned by the Polish government in the name of `socialism`, has repeatedly expressed its support for the striking miners in its underground radio broadcasts and official statements.
Show your opposition to the Polish strike-breaking coal exports and the continuing oppression of Solidarnosc by supporting this picket. Bring placards and your union/Labour Party banner.
A statement signed by the above bodies calling on the Polish government to "declare a moratorium on coal exports during the present sufferings of the British miners" will be handed in to the consulate at the picket.
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