the own alleged THE Trades Union Congress is pressing ahead with its attempt to act as censor on Ireland. Tameside Trades. Council, threatened with disaffiliation by the TUC if it holds a conference received a letter from Len Murray spelling out the TUC's attitude.
The letter was "addressed Halsworth, secretary of the trades council. It states that Tameside Trades Council 'must act at all times within the terms of Congress policy,' and that it must give an undertaking not to hold a conference on Ireland without first securing the agreement of the TUC about finat agenda and speakers for conferenee' Helping the TUC have been members of the Communist Party who have contributed their nasty tactic of misrepresentation. At a meeting of Manchester Trades Council on 19 March a report of the Tameside situation, given by a CP member, Tameside had conference in conjunction with 'the political wing of the murderers of Airey Neave'.
ARE YOU WITH BENN which has been has now to Dave self-determination for such a Such a policy, outside slander and is not following organised the question of Ireland.' This followed a totally false report in the Morning Star on 6 March saying that the conference had been reconvened at the request of the Irish Republican Socialist Party.
What is the real situation?
Tameside Trades Council has been debating the political situation in Ireland since 1976. Various debates and resolutions culminated in a decision, last November, to campaign for the removal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act; immediate withdrawal of the British troops;
the Irish people as whole; and prisoner of war status for Irish it need hardly be said, is official thinking Hallsworth believes that Len Murray's excuse for threatening disaffiliation - that the council policy smokescreen explains Dave: 'It's not because trades councils are not allowed to decide their own policy issues. Many trades councils oppose TUC policies and don't meet this threat. TUC stepped in because we dared to raise the APRIL FOOL QUIZ was pressing ahead with its plans necessary to solidarity council's executive, labour movement' We shall open up other trades branches asking for The support should be sent to:
Tameside Trades Council, Ashton-under-Lyme, Manchester.
PRODUCED BY PEOPLES' DEMOCRAC\ The resolution passed at the trades council "to organise a bona fide trade uniondelegated conterence on reland and to see! sponsorship from other trade union bodies'. Despite TUC interference, the trades council is But if the TUC is to be thwarted in its censorship of discussion on Ireland, it will be build broad campaign the trades council. Such a campaign, said Nigel Smith, a member of the should focus on 'fighting the conspiracy of silence on Ireland within the As to the trades council itself, it has issued a statement saying it 'will not be dictated to on policy decisions democratically arrived at — - by anybody, be it the TUC or any other body...
• the debate on Britain's perfidy in Ireland and go on doing so until justice for the Irish people is achieved.' Tameside will be circulating an appeal to councils and to trade union support. Messages Dave Hallsworth, 186 Kings Rd, "Shankill butchers' who hacked to death
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