expulsions and We believe the left must now create a broad proposed by the new group of 22 last week, between Parlamentary letts You have spoken out in favour of them in the But everyone on the left must now decide The demand we put to you is this: join this But it would be completely, When you say, therefore, that the party should we think you are THE KICKING OUT of Weighell means than the getting rid union leader. Its implications reach into the trade union movement as a whole, and Labour Party in particular.
Scargill's exposure of Weighell's double dealing came about because the miner's leaders knew thai Weighell stood in the was of building a fighting Triple Alliance But cargill also Knew that Weighell had Take over the Lat wir Par wing to ty NEC.
Having been caught out Weighell took a gam ble which blew up in his face. And this gives the left the union, and inchance to start to change things.
Weighell's exodus means that railworkers can more of an obnoxious trade the begin to demand that an official NUR delegation is on the lobby of Downing St. The Broad Left should now push forward in the ranks and at NEC level for united cam includes Joint action against job losses The left must now get a candidate to stand for the nOW prepared against job losses and help to make the union more democratic and responsive the needs of the membership.
Weighell used his vote to try to make sure that Tom Breakwell a rightwing EEPTU candidate got on the NEC instead of Clarke, the nominee of the left-wing NUM. Such practices have been all too although they are not often discovered as the right-wing union leader's impose their nominees on Labour's exccutives.
The union members like the rest of the working class cannot afford an NEC dominated by the likes of Breakwell because such an NEC will not fight for policies which serve the interers, or NuM. interests NUR Although the left on the NEC and in the rail depots was able to STEELEISC around stitutional issue to oust Weighell there has still not been a significant campaign around jobs and pay. The SGM voted to accept the McCarthy recommendations which will result in massive job loss.
But the vote to accept the McCarthy proposals was much narrower than expected and this shows that if the left campaign and organise, the decision can be turned around Past decisions by the AGM have very firmly committed the union to re tain the grade of guard and conferences of guards and shunters have come out against one-person operations.
If the NUR is not to be blessed with another rightwing secretary last week's must be rammed home. That means an all- out campaign against job losses and for no worsen. ing in working conditions.
As long as the Labour Party and union leaders let lorge ahead without resisting wholesale slaughter jobs and services or her war mania the Tory vote will stay united; and demoralised Labour voters will not bother turning out.
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