Merseyside

Tony Mcqade worked at British Leyland’s site 2 car plant in Speke from the late 1960s until its closure in 1978, as well being a shop steward at the plant for a number of years, and is now a full time official with the TGWU.

Why do you think that the motor industry was more prone to strike action than other areas of industry in the 1960s and 70s?

Managers and non-union members have been running a scab service throughout the strike, although there have been no major incidents. Fire fighters will resume the service for two hours on Monday, then start a new four strike immediately afterwards assuming no agreement is reached.

For more information, see our previous article:
http://libcom.org/news/merseyside-fire-strike-300806

Update: the strike is now on