held the line against sectarianism...
thern which Catholic and Protestant working people...
'To.ask for a would put the down on one side of the sectarian divide.
jectives.
Len Murray was arguing against a motion at the trades conference which made the demands mentions. Despite the advice of the general secretary, conference passed the resoluattacked. Nevertheless, the views Murray expressed are shared by many in the trade unions.
Indeed, a resolution submitted to this year's TUC, construction section of the AUBW. 1s on lne same unics.
This views with the utmost Conceil discrimination the and sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Congress reaffirms its policy, adopted at the 1978 Congress, in the belief that it provides the basis for finding a peaceful political settlement in Northern Bill The 1978 policies referred to called for a Bill of Rights, 'freedom from violence, tarianism and discrimination' or All Compare Better Lite It also called 'on the people al the DeODle Ireland to isolate the men ot violence.
These may seem nice, worthy sentiments. Unfortunately for Len Murray and the TUC the uppity Irish natives disinclined to take their advice.
For instance, in the recent Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election there was a candidate standing on exactly the sort of policies the British TUC support the candidate He was Tom Moore, Workers Party Republican Clubs, Official Sinn mally Knowli do Fe Moore's election propaganda boasted that his 'ettorts contributed to the founding of the Better Life for all Campaign. In the election, Moore received approximately two and a half per cent of the Owen Carron vote. whom the TUC would dub as one of the men of violence' won the election, receiving twenty times as many votes as Moore.
Pious That says something about the 'mass support Catholic and Protestant working people' which alleges exists for the union movement in the North of Ireland.
It also says something about just TUC's Better Life for All Cam- nOW meaningless is paign The demands of this campaign are a collection of pious statements calting for the night:
Socialist Challenge mass support from commitment on withdrawal of troops, to ask for the ending of emergency powers, to ask for the restoration of special category status trades councils conference firmly 'The NIC would be split from top to bottom if they were to identify themselves with (these) political obthe by sch seem to lve free from for- 'unemployment' distasteful aspects of society in and is so inoffensive that anyone can endorse it An example is this report which appeared in published by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in February 1976: 'The Conservative representatives declare support for the Campaign and have forwarded a statement to the Campaign organisers. statement reiterates servative Party's the Better Life for All Campaign.
Airy Neave, vative Front Bench Spokesman on Northern Ireland, delegation that the work of the trade trade union movement in Northern Ireland was mired and deserved unqualified support. It is kitown that the signatures (in support of Lite ) include the Conservative Party.
So whether it be Tories, the Official Republicans Murray, each agrees that 'Bet3 September 1981 Page 8 deal for all? the North of Ireland Len Murray - refused to oppose repressive laws in DISTRICT LUL.
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gets the unstinting support of the British trade union movement. Throughout all the years of death and destruction these courageous men and women have 'It is the only representative organisation in Nor-