SUPPORT THE MOTHERWELL TRAIN DRIVERS

ASLEF train drivers for England Wales Scotland (EWS) in Motherwell are refusing to move arms and ammunition. The government had planned to move arms by rail to send to the Gulf. This action is supported by 15 drivers who are determined not to move any loads that could be used against the Iraqi people.

Train drivers first refused to move the ammunition between Glasgow and the Glen Douglas weapons dump on Wednesday 8th January. Efforts by EWS management to persuade them to do it on the following days failed. EWS and government denials that this is happening are untrue. It has been confirmed by well-placed sources in the rail industry and has been discussed in parliament.

We are spreading this information because we are opposed to working class people slaughtering each other over oil. The purpose of the war is to allow US corporations to take over Iraqi oil fields. It won’t bring a better government for Iraq, just a pro-US dictatorship. There is no real evidence that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

It is important to know what workers up and down the country are doing to try and prevent this war and that we all do everything we can to support anti-war actions. We urge you to pass on this information; discuss it among your colleagues and at union meetings; and support any other action your colleagues take against the war.

It is also important that the Motherwell drivers are not left isolated by their union leaders. We urge all railworkers, both in ASLEF and in RMT, to pass motions of support; to refuse work normally undertaken by Motherwell; to work to their dockets during the coming weeks and months and not take on extra work that will aid Bush and Blair in their slaughter of Iraqi civilians.


Solidarity Federation, PO Box 469, Preston, PR1 8XF
Tel/Fax – 01772 739724
E-mail – solfed@solfed.org.uk
Website – www.solfed.org.uk