expulsions must go on NO trade wing unity' left.
The compliant will union leaders. the right MPs and the so-called moderate left, united to impose a register on the Labour Party. Calling for unifying the Labour Party they made their first condition of the right to expel the Labour leaders want a united party, or more correctly a obediant party, that reverse the decisions unilateralism, nationalisation, the EEC, re-selection and the election of the party leader. They know that they can only do this by a purge of the left who fought for and won the party policies.
The right needs a mandate to drive the opposition out of the Labour Party and register as its right to do that. If they succeed the LADOU will go down to yet ignimous electoral defeat and the Tories will get their mandate to MEKO even more
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Meanwhile Party trade unions ferocious right. Furthermore
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from CLPs, branches, LP branches, women's sections Country Hall, London This is why the socialists and militants inside the party cannot sing the register.
Every attempt by the right to expel has to be resisted. The constituency parties have got to make sure that not one single solitary La massive campaign has got to start inside the that SUOU grows amongst the rank and file against the expulsion drive of the campaign has to be built inside the unions that a fight back can start now. unions, LPYS Contact: Labour Parties against the witch-hunt 107 Nevill Rd, London N16.
that can start the process of reverthis year's Trade unionists need a Labour Government that will fight for their interests. They can only get that by fighting the register.
The Conference called by the Hackney North and Stoke Newington Labour Party against the register, has increased in impor tance following Monday's vote Make sure that your Labour Party and trade union is represented so
MILLIONS of trade unionists responded to the anti-union laws whose centre-piece is a ban on solidarity action.
Britain worked normally. bosses leaders claimed that it was simply an action of those in the public sector and nationalised industries. But these claims were only face-saving lies. been struck a body blow.
In reality, there was a response to the TUC's actual call for a stonnage of one hour on more. It was not a call for # 24 hour genera strike. despite the campaigning effort of Socialist Challenge. Three quarters of a million took action in scotland alone and 400,000 in Wales.
And than 2m workers struck Tor Lne day Over 300,000 took to the streets in a half dozen major cities. This included 120,00 in London, 100,000 in various Scottish cities, 25,000 In Liverpool and 30,000 in Sheffield. In addition WELC demonstrations in nearly There WYaS even strong demonstration Shetland.
The claim that private industry failed to respond is a total concoction. To be sure, me charderer or bec response varied depending ESCI lead T1S CIE general, the further North, the more solid the action.
Moreover, the Tory ministers declared that 90 per cent of More astutely.
The government has Employers Federation failed to menthey claimed that only 100 Tirms had been that large sections of the engineering industry were on a weeks holiday. strongly affected the West and parts Yorkshire.
Nonetheless, engineering was badly hit Scotland and Wales. Fords Bridgend was closed for the day. In Sheffield, 25,000 WOENCES engineering and related industries took a whole days action. Included were most of the biggest employers. Apart River Don steelmaking, hit were Twist Steel, Aurora, Neills, Presto and Union Carbide There was an equally good response on Mersyside. Fords Halewood was out for the day and Vauxhalls for a half day.
Manchester and Stockport were well featured as was the rest of North West. In US wonder the boos were loud and long.
Preston, not only did the 8,000 Leyland workers strike but British Aerospace, GEC's and KOOKIE graphics contributed to a massive shut down. Most WCTE closed the East Midlands.
To further asses the Frank Chapple, not the most popular man on the 22 September - he did not even vote for it/ No DOSSeS CIR interesting to take just one area: that of the West London industrial belt. Private was supposedly affected hardly at all London. Yet here the roll reador privatender bar reads: Magnetex, CAV's, Fairey (Hydraulic).
EMI (records) EMI (Hayes), GEC-Osram, Chiswick works, Acton works, Rolls Royce Motors, Crown Cork, Walter Kidde, BOC Wembley, PLC and Shell and BP tanker drivers. At Heathrow airport, 15,000 transport union and several thousand engineering union members took action.
In food, employing mainly Asian workers, there was also a big turnout in West London. They included: Walls, Lyons, Mothers Pride, Nestles and Callard and Bowser.
It is true, of course that the nationalised industries and the public sector responded more massively. Healthworkers near unanimous in taking a full days strike. Over 80 percent of miners were out all day. Docks were virtually completely closed Shipyards were badly affected.
There was a civil ser strong response vants and local government workers (particularly from the DHSS). And the combination of the action of teachers and caretaking staff closed many schools, including over BET LAOSer London. Most hus workers took action, including many for the whole day.
It is true that Rail worked normally. But despite this being disputed by many militants, it was a result of an appeal by the health WOrKCTS 1O get to the demonstrations.
Most symbolically revealing action of all was that of the print workers who, amongst other actons ensured no national newspapers appeared on the day. Last time, the Newspaper Proprietors Association had taken court action. This time, they dared do nothing.
What is clear is that given a strong lead, we could not only force a humiliating by Thatcher on the health workers claim. We could bring this
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