Dave Nellist backs call to nationalise Tata

Dave Nellist, National Chair of TUSC

Dave Nellist of the Socialist Party and the National Chair of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) has today backed a petition calling for the nationalisation of Tata.

Dave stated that

Most of my family were steelworkers. The sale or closure of the remaining steel works would be a disaster for the areas concerned. The Tories were forced to nationalise Rolls Royce in 1971, and completed the job in just 24 hours. If we had a serious public sector led house-building programme there’d be plenty of need for steel. I support the call to renationalise steel.

The petition has been initiated by the National Shop Stewards Network, and can be signed here

See this article by a Socialist Party member in Wales for further background