MOSS Evans and the executive of the Transport & General Workers Union have their backing to the 10 October lobby at the Tory Party conference. the same Evans announced campaign to fight government to curb imports, with the launch. or a: union booklet, Import Controls Now.
While welcoming the support that Britain's largest union is giving the events outside the Tories conference, it is worth having a closer look motives and policies leadership of Britain's largest union.
TGWU executive members such as Eddy McGarry have lost their jobs are to lead the protest. McGarry worked in Triumph, and Moss Evans is responsible more than anvone destroying the against Leyland management. McGarry's job, along with that of thousands of others in the car industry, time, exist if Evans had backed the TGWU strikes plan. Redundancy bedrock of the Tories" on the workers' movement; the collaboration of the leaders has proved an essential part of the Tories' offensive. Evans calls on the government to adopt import quotas, the taritts and surcharges.
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Evans and active opLabour back offered. policies are bankrupt, and their leadership is spineless.
At the TUC there was little mention of the need for a fightprospect of a future Labour government together with a live-year incomes policy — was all that trade unionists were Tory and the Right to Work campaign and Defend our Unions started the ball rolling for 10 The West Midlands automotive group, and a West Midland. regional shopstewards meeting (attended by 250), put Evans on the spot by voting to support the protest at the Tories' conference.
If a national organisation, uniting all those prepared to build mass action against this government, existed the unions, Evans would face a far more difficult task. The 10 demonstration about raising the banner for united organisation as NAG ANNUAL CONFERENCE 27 and 28 September Reynolds Building, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Tech.
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from the London area should Stuart Hoardman 01-886 2022 loves) for details of the special train at cheap Further Dave Waiss, 01-257 4433 ext Tories driving women back into the home to slashed welfare system; to suppor oppressed groups -being scapegoats — all this needs action To make a success of that sorganisation that tion we need an crosses the divides of workplac branches, services, and towns; tha in every office, school or depot is answering the Tory lies, that i carrying on practical action to sup port any group of workers in strug We need an organisation that act regardless of what leaders will do or approve whelming need is for unity in action of all those • regardless of othe Committ defending and fighting for the basics: opposition to cuts in ser • vices, lo ware restral: , to anack: on our union organisation.
There are tens of thousands o NALGO members who do fight, but the lead for that fight will not come from our leaders. We have to organise it for ourselve the present time we cannot affor • divisions among ourselves.
That is why appeal 1o al NALGO members who are com mitted to fighting the Tories an their policies to join us at the Na conference to discuss how best mount that fight, and to take the decision made back in to among the rank and file,
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