Challenge THE Civil and Public Services Association conference last Tuesday voted, against the advice of its right wing executive, in favour of an all-out five day strike by civil servants in pursuit of their 15 per cent wage claim.
The 500,000 FOR CPSA, almost 450,000 members is overwhelmingly the largest of the civil service unions, which represent in all some members. proposal from the CPSA day 26 May The rilla? action computer other The ference and the the answer to claim, been ated over forces of the the civil servants the The CPSA Tuesday heated.
resolution through. the the action rostrum.
Immediately forward face real civil servants doesn't work.
the • indefinite out vants' For new readers we are offering TEN ISSUES of Socialist Challenge for the incredibly low price of f2 With 12 month subscriptions we are giving away a FREE COPY of The British Economic Disaster by Complete the form below and rush your order to Socialist Challenge, PO Box 50, London N1 2XP Cheques and POs payable to 'Socialist Challenge' SPECIAL OFFER plus free copy of The British Economic Disaster Overseas: 12 months — Surface mail & Europe air mail conference for an all-out strike will be discussed at a meeting of the civil service unions on So far, the civil service unions have limited strike action to short term 'guerat- airports, centres and important governsuccessful. conalso called for indefinite stoppages at all ports, airports passport office prior to the five day strike.
The civil servants' vote represents a growing bitterness and frustration at of government response to their demand lor 13 per cell. tre i one. have refused to hegotiate, giving a 'take it or leave it' the civil seroffering a have particularly infurithe government's announcement that an 11 per cent pay award is being made to the armed But the traditionally moderate leaderships of have been extremely reluc tant to call all-out action.
debate at the conference was extremely The tight wing executive made a determined the going There was uproar when executive member wang Chambers challenged anyhad the su thou bi they thought members for all out strike come to the more than 100 delegates rushed Chambers demagogy blew up in her But there is now a very problem facing the - what to do next if the five day strike It looks increasingly as if only an allnational stoppage will win civil serdemands.
Harrison, published by
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