BOC - THREATS by steelworkers and miners of a sit-in at Congress House caused a stir among TUC officials on Wednesday of last week.
A delegation from the Llanwern Action Group had arrived to demand a meeting with y Len Murray. from the South Wales NUM, they wanted to hear what action the TUC plans to fight the closure of South Wales steelworks and pits.
Ineir anger reached boiling point wher Brian Tiler, who described himself as merely a bureaucrat for the TUC Steel Committee' told the delegation that the TUC had problems in South Wales aren't with us'.
'Hundreds and thousands always want to see Len Murray. He can't find time for them all,' Tiler added.
We are some of the troops from the rank and file and we have come to demand action, an AUEW member from Llanwern replied. How can we possibly convince people that the trade unions are worth supporting when there is no positive lead?' Port Talbot workers, without a strong lead, were agreeing to the closures out of fear. Don Hayward from the NUM said: 'Action will be too late if we wait any longer. We can't fight this thing from the dole queues.?
It was then that the delegation announced it would sit-in until Len Murray came to see them.
Fearing disruption of a press conference planned to follow that morning's General Council meeting, space in his diary.
He repeated that his hands because the 'membership aren't with us', and Joined by two representatives because the troops of people pointed out that Llanwern and terence.
Murray suddenly found a were tied Opposition THE Lambeth, South London, has a hard line against rate increases. A meeting of 70 people last Friday expressco ils colar oppositon lu rate rises.
Mike Tichelar, Lambeth NALGO, pointed out that the deci SIOn of Lambell s Labou council to advocate massive rate increases would meet with furious opposition and eventually it would be forced to back down and start sacking council workers.
Councillor Pauline Moore, from Southwark, thought that rate increases would be a major test for Labour Poplar Council had movement is not prepared to act either.
"The only way we can stop the Tories is through national industrial action. It's about time the TUC did something about organising The Action Group refuses to be put off. It is now stepping up its efforts to build the lob TUC in September to make sure Murray's troops demand action on jobs.
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Secretary, Enfield Adhoc Citee Against Cruise Missiles The campaign against Cruise missiles has taken off in the London borough of Enfield.
hefty contingent marched on the demoncalled Labour Party on 22 June, mobilised by Enfield's newly-formed Ad Hoc Committee Against Cruise Missiles.
The committee was set up.
weeks DeTore! • ne demonstratior with support from Labour Party and ComHISE TOEL MICHOOS LIC International Marxist Group extremely success u DEDIK which attracted over 100 people, collecting over f100 for the campaign All labour movement bodie in the area have been marca and we re scule requests for speakers and finanhave • occi aclive al die cales or le major factories in the area and distributing 3,000 leaflets.
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offensive defiant mood By Des Tierney Thatcher •STOp CRUISE MISSILES
Enfield against missiles