SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Telecoms workers 'Be prepared"

Socialist Action No. 10, 20 May 1983 · p. 15 of the scan · 645 words

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AS THE MARCH leaves Lancashire this week the feeder marches are ultimately all the marchers will pour into London for 5 June.

its answer to Thatcher in the mightiest of all the antitors rallies of this election campaion. Here are some Northern leg Into Leeds the march was big success. showed that when the trade unions and the Labour Party get their all She march roe done.

march through industrial South Yorkshire beginning 1o converge and Inal is ine dar ine labour movement must give partly criticised by WaN local members who felt that the Party had not been sufficiently involved.

The reception Chesterfield Clay Cross was fantastic - it Peoples march for job engineers had been called out only days before.

John Golding, the right wing MP sponsored by the union , is presenting the Bill's failure triumph of the NEC's strategy.

But of course the threat is Darlanncular still very much alive.

If re-elected the Tories will immediately reintroduce the legislation and ensure its rapid passage through parliament by the • new year.

Labour has maintain both British British Telecoms as a nationalised industry and to integrate Project Mercury the private business only network into bi. ine cabling for cable TV, will also be integrated into BT.

The SDP Liberal azallisi privatisation of BT, but has nothing to say on these vital issues for the future.

BT workers therefore have every interest 1n Labour victory, and sup. porters are organising for a Labour vote.

The Tories campaign for ('Even when we re lalking bish we're talking sense!') needs to be countered by explaining denationalisatior attacks jobs, conditions and union On Saturday afternoon there was a Jobs for Youth festival in Wythenshawe. The marshalls of the march told one of the performers, John Cooper-Clarke to keep his act clean!

As John CooperClarke said, 'that would mean a three and a half minute set'.

Not surprisingly in this kind of mosphere a group of marchers outside the hall ritually burnt a THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH is a bit worried about all those Trots on the People's March for Jobs.

As we know it is a paper with the interests of the working class very close to its heart.

However the Sunday Telegraph did find a little ray of sunshine in all this Trotskyist darkness. It landed 46-year-old Peter Lenahan which it calls of THE BILL to privatise British Telecoms has fallen because of the general election. In response the national leadership of the Post Office Engineering Union has called off all industrial action against The action had been taking place in Whitehall, the Bank of England and the Stock Exchange where Unfortunately the limited scope of the industrial action sanctioned by the POEU leadership has meant that Labour has lost an electoral asset. In continuation extension of industrial action through Ln f period by the national that the Tories drop thei demanding that the Plaus could nave privatisation a central elec tion Issue Emergency resolutions for the unions upcoming conference are critical the Industrial Strategy Actions Committee. The two . branches involved in the action, Westminster and City are calling a second national meeting in London's County discuss the campaign.

Serious The mational executive comes up for re-election at conference and it is certain June Broad Left wil make a serious challenge TO Leave bat present leadership vectate LO. the conference should be dated to back resolutions such as the one Westminster calling for national action, should any future government seek to threaten jobs with Star.

mounted march Maggie, Cashman, the People's agreeable old-fashioned communists told who kindly the LEOTAICA that the Liverpool TUC and th North West regional council both had been infiltrated.

Soon the capitalist press wi not necu lo employ Tory reporters to attack the march. They will their slanders written by 'agreeable old fashioned communists.'

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