ANGRY BLACKS HALT UNION CONFERENCE

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(Ealing branch NALGO delegate)

A GROUP of angry black workers invad ed the annual conference of local government officers, NALGO, week and brought proceedings to a halt.

The Black Workers Group of NALGO's Metropolitan (London) District Committee had organised a lobby of the conference in support of a motion Ealing Branch calling for positive action by the union at all levels to combat tional racism.

Incensed by the action the President, JOLL Allan, who manipulated the rules in order to deny a card vote the Ealing motion, the black workers left the gallery where they had been listening to the debate and went down onto the conference floor to express their disgust.

The National Executive Council was particularly worried by clauses in the Ealing motion. of these gested that rules should be NALGO to discipline and expel racists. The ole proposed the formation of a new national committee to take forward the struggle against racism.

The following day conference denlored the manne. in which the President had conducted the vote and considered that had dealt massive blow NALGO's credibility among its black members. One-fifth of the delegates (400 in all) signed the petition.

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