whole workforce that can arise when employers can play on racist moods.
In that year, the employers tried • productivity in the tyre-cord spinning CAMPAIGN - who were Black - went on strike, T&GWU officials refused to support tactics.
strike was broken after 3 weeks and the deal rammed through. It was also employers forced the white workers - not originally subject to the speeddate.
PUBLICITY weaken the labour movement, they hope to be able to ram through productivity deals and high unemployment which will be to the disadvantage of all workers If the Tories divide-and-rule' offensive is to be defcated, then a serious fight has to be waged within the labour movement to force its leaders to stand up to these racist Central to such a fight has to be a campaign to win Trade Unions and the Labour Party to a clear rejection of the racist 1971 Immigration Act (and the proposals to tighten it still further Whitelaw has placed on the statute books). It is this Act which, by denying Blacks entry on the grounds of colour and denying those who do get in elementary of areas - from South London to Leamington - and delegates from local CARL groups reported on the success of their activities to In order to help gain grass-root support, it was also agreed to publish a regular CARL bulletin. Many delegates explained how important it was to expose the lies and falsifications in the Tory Last month, a well-attended meet. ing or Labour activists and allel racists met m oroke on trent lo discuss plans to combat Whitelaw s racist plans. Chaired by Naill Rodgers - president of the North Staffs Campaign Against Racism and Fascism (NORSCARF) - representatives from the local Asian community, Labour Party & CARL were Dresent All three speakers stressed the need to buid real opposition in the area against the Tory plans to tighten the racist curbs of the 1971 Immigration Act. Bhagor Taggar, implications of these curbs & the fear they inspired in many people from the Indian sub-continent.
Gwynneth Dunwoody, MP for Crewe, went further than just attacking the present Tory proposals. She correctly pointed out unar previous Labour covernments were equally at fault - by implementing racist immigration laws • and pledged her support for any action against laws restricting entry to this country on the basis of colour.
Bob Swart, speaker from CARL, pointed out that it was not enough just to oppose these laws but that a mass campaign - rooted in the labour movement - was needed to fight them. Referring to the successiul demonsaadon organisec by CARL last November, he went on to explain the need to set up local support groups around the country to win forces in the per1oc anen or more determined action.
Evervone in the meeting agree that the key task in the coming monus was not councruz ulud right fringe groups such as the Nr but opposing we racist drus of the Tory government. It was zoreen mat to co rorware un NORSCARF would concentrate on winning support I ute luca Asian community and the labour movement on dis Issue