IMGpapers 1980–83

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

CiVIl service union swings to the left

· Socialist Challenge No. 246, 21 May 1982 · p. 15 of the scan · 267 words

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THE ANNUAL conference of the Public adopted.

The Broad Left grouppower electing members to their three The new president is a Militant supporter, Kevin Raddy and the senior vice. president is a member of the Communist Party, Ray Alderson.

reflect the revulsion of the membership over the mishandling of last year's pay campaign and the lack of any serious campaign this the decisions taken at conterence. Illust by large majority, also show an increasing politicisation and militancy among our Civil and held last week marked a gigantic swing to the left in the election of its national officers and the policies members.

the conference made the historic decision to campaign for affiliation to the Labour Party and contemptuously rejected the attempts by the incomIllE wing general secretary secation to ONDevent afTwo of the most far eachin cacheo ov une ront wir in its last months of office the interim agreement on technology which did not guarantee protection against job loss and a new agreement on trade union tacilities which fundamentally encroached on basic rights of representation.

In addition the DHSS section, which is the largest with over 50,000 MenDels overwhelmingly to go out on a membership to campaign analist culs.

All of these decisions and others invariably set Ine rDA on a collision course with the government.

The dramatic events at the CPSA conference are being reflected in other parts of the civil service The Society of Civil and Public Servants meeting in Ene same week consolidated its moves to the lett and a Broad Lett has been established the Banking, Insurance and Finance Union.

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