has declared support for the boycott action by Penguin Books threatened job loss.
Management at Penguin plans to eliminate a total of 90 jobs, would include 36 redundancies. The unions publishing company — the NUJ, SOGAT, and ASTMS — are opposing all forms of job loss, including 'natural wastage' Their immediate response is boycott 290 books are various stages of production. Among them is a reprint of Tony Arguments for Socialism.
Tony Benn, east, at his surgery last week. He was his usual charming self, persuade us that he was doing all he could to help.
He thought that LARC's campaign on Labour MPs his had been very effective — we hope he's right. against However, he was at his least helpful on the 'conscience' vote. He didn't think an which MP's voting behaviour should be a matter for discipline - he pointed that trouble several times if it was. He also said that a three line whip was never issued for 1o Presumably he shares most Tory MPs that if a thing has never happened in the past that's a Benn's good reason why it shouldn't happen.
in the future.
the major out leaflets. for Bristol Southmembers anxious to campaign, NAC and on 5 February would support. question of the would have been Oxford.
Private Members Bills the view of Local abortion speakers shopping centres in the borough, stopping at each one to give The motorcade was supported by of the local abortion IMG, Big Flame Labour Party members.
The leaflet advertised the lobb and the women's assembly on Friday. The respons was good: several people said the come and many expressed LAST Saturday saw 400 people on a ‹Youth against Corrie' demo through There were groups of local school students- members of the National Union of School Students and Student Union members.
. campaign were also represented. One of the was leader Portuguese abortion campaign. Socialist Challenge: 7 Febraryy 1980 Page 7
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