South Wales Chartists have put together two meetings to organise community fightbacks against the job massacres. Many shopstewards, union reps, workers facing redundancies, the convenor of UNITE at Hoover, the Vice-Chair of PCS Wales (in personal capacities) will be coming along, but it important that we mobilise the entire community behind the struggle to save South Wales from being once again laid waste by capital red in tooth and claw.

The campaign recently featured prominently in the South Wales Echo following a letter of support from Tony Benn and we have done interviews with BBC Wales today:  http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/12/05/tony-benn-joins-battle-for-jobs-91466-22408960/ after which senior trade unionists from L'Oreal in Llantrisant which faces closure got in contact.

SAVE HOOVER'S FACTORY IN MERTHYR - EMERGENCY MEETING
Wednesday 10 December, 7.30
Glebeland Club (above Belle Vue Pub)
Glebeland Street
Merthyr Tydfil

STOP THE JOBS MASSACRE IN S.WALE - EMERGENCY MEETING
Thursday 11 December, 7.30 pm
The STAR Centre
Splott Road
Splott
Cardiff


We have been busy as hell visiting factories & workplaces in South Wales facing closure, we hope we can link up different working class communities under attack. In Merthyr town centre last weekend, hundreds of people signed petitions, some signing for every member of their family & Merthyr Tydfil FC Supporters Group requesting petitions to take away. A Facebook group gained over 2,000 members in 3 days.

Over 4,000 jobs have been lost or put under threat in the last 4 weeks. From Budelpack in Maesteg to Bosch in Llantrisant to the thousands of uncertain positions in Woolworths, the avalanche of job losses threatens to grow as the recession gets worse.

Without a fightback, not only will these jobs go but it will be easier for the bosses to come back and sack more. Millions of jobs around the country will be under threat. It's imprtant that when they say "cutback," we say "fightback!"

We've also been around the affected factories trying to arrange delegations. If you know people affected by the job cuts, please get in touch ASAP. Please do your best to come along and let as many people know as possible.