The meeting adopted a resolution calling on the NUS executive to drop demand for arbitration and instead mobilise the membership to win the full pay claim. meeting also pledged itself to a fight for jobs.
Tommy Hanley "The changes that have taken place over the past have benefited the owners, not us. The NUS has lost 155,000 members in that time.
'Bigger and bigger have been introduced but with sinailer crews. Our membership has been reduced around 30,000.' Musa Nogan, NEC member, backed this. He TOIC the meeting: 'Since war we have seen owners trying to keep declining market by fewer workers produce more.
'West Germany and Japan have come into with Britain and the successes national movements have meant declining piece of the cake for the owners.
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