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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Trade union nuclear policy - there's a long way to go

Socialist Challenge No. 190, 26 March 1981 · p. 7 of the scan · 337 words

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boycott of work on nuclear bases transportation, communications should be ted. , We should support, local councils who have declared their areas 'nuclear free zones'. need to go much further.

the methods sled ice boycot- and So the , too the 42 built into a mighty But we labour novelichil major trade unions on multilateral nuclear disarmament, the stationing of Cruise and Trident missiles and, their attitude towards the Campaign for Almost without exception they show that we have a long way to go!

Amalgamated Union Workers sup multilateral DALI L EETPU: The Electrical, Electronic accomicanon Plumbing Union has never debated one iT conference 1980 Labou come cice vole• ravor o| multilateralism and NATO and against unilateralism.

AUEW-TASS The ecculica Ine AUEW is in favour of detenti the arms race.

ference. Supports CND conUCATT: The Union of Construction Allied Trades Technicians Is ll layoul of detente. multilateral disar mament and SALT 2. Opposunilateral and TGWU: Transport Union is affiliated to CND. Consis SUDOOr unwatera since ate sus National organiser Ron Todd CND national council are annuated lo cry GMWU: The General and Municipal Workers Union has a at post coince the Diesels a paper on accid conterence maintaining present capacity and looking for alternative economic projects to arms inASLEF: The Associated Society Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Against Cruise For unilateral disarmament • ГО committee dustry to ears rative work workers NUM: The National Union of Miners conference condemned government for regeneratin cold war atmosphere througl its hostile attitude towards the DOVICI Cruise missiles Calls upon and LP to pursue detente.

The Furniture Timber and Allied dismaising or at liary dismantling military blocs, reduced spending on arts • JollIca FNTDBAC UnOI concent siles in Europe nuclear missiles in Socialist Challenge blocs throughout the world POEU: The Post Office Union has policy at present but the na tonal executive is recommen conference that the union affiliates CND with ibind one POT th:

POE unilateralist policies 26 March 1981

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