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Railworkers counter Weighell's witch-hunt

· Socialist Challenge No. 191, 2 April 1981 · p. 15 of the scan · 633 words

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Two deleweeks gates lo a special con тетеясе da saanes were told that a seven per cent wage rise had to be accepted because the membership were not prepared to fight.

In a period of massive attacks on education, when the NUT membership should be involved in a national campaign of action, the bureaucrats can only see fit to launch witch hunt against the lett in the union.

The appeals committee, which consists of executive members, will conon April the 'justness' 'sentences' given to the Lambeth ofticers refusing to obey an 11 -struction from the NUT's general secretary, Fred Jarvis. No one is in anv doubt about the outcome of the appeal.

Support is essential that the campaign in support of the suspended Lambeth oflabour movement.

NUT leadership that is out Battersea Council and the executive •CAlarge turnout to the lobby SOCIORSL sends condolences to his famischools OTocI to make us a credible party with the electorate,' he said have to make sure these cuckoos don't push us out of the nest.' The decisions of the Wembley conferençe has given a big boost of confidence to our membership and Weighell feels threatened by His opposition to the success of the left is not relected among NUR members.

It's no wonder challenged by the democratise the Labour Party. fenera secatever the merbership think of him. We have to begin to change ail lilal.

The trade unions have now been given a maior voice in the Labou Party. and that's correct. resut ot manv vears ot hard work inside the party.

But we mustn't be complacent. The right wing is plotting to reverse the Wemblev decisions. witch-hunt shows what they're up The defence of the gains inside the Labour Party should particularly be taken up in the trade unions. More union branches must affiliate to ine party ana must be delegated to general committees.

We're encouraging this in the this.

Weighell feels Sidney Weighell, NUR general Inove. The secretary tor ite NUR, ward the decisions of Wembley membership My It's the from attacks Sidney Weighell.

in the forthcoming elections. strange co-incidence Weighell's dressed an NUK hours before.

icic su fc caldlaluu union members said about dience agreed with him.

to maintain and push forbranch sent a letter oi congratulamons to ls members of our national executive when they issued a statement dissociating themselves on Tony Benn by We held a meeting last week with Tony Benn to campaign for Labour Bv Weighell addistrict COVITCU meeting on the same topic three John Cogger from the executive said at our meeting that it was a 'shame our beloved secretary is not ana de ounted on some of the things he' Benn and the developments in the Labour Party.' The aubecome ori There is no fundamental diftactics of how to push back the gains Labour government he defended the stee cosures. as natcser does to callilul ultimately solve the problems of this developments curtowaras a socialist society.

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