US unions | Socialist Action 1983

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The miners" strike pro vided a further key oppo tunity for the SDP to pus forward its orientation the right wing of th bureaucracy. Already April 1984, with the stri only one month old, B NOLee reucu Lit for unions to reconsid their relationship with tt Labour Party - claimir that: 'American trad now under tr shrewd leadership of Lar Kirkland, have no c01 stitutional relationshi with the Democratic Pan and choose where to plas LN eN support. tin has come to seriously trade unions here.

The SDP conference i September 1984 organise a conference floor colle LTOH E Ф] Cune 'Nation Working Miners' Con mittee. The SDP als organised a conferenc fringe meeting for the sca organisation - the "con mittee' being publical praised at the conferenc by Williams and Rodger The current support of th SDP for Lynk flos directly thes developments.

There misunderstanding involved with ne realism and Mainstream nol just à trade policy. It is an enti close inked with the develo, ment of the SDP-Liber Alliance. Its final goa relation Party and a coaliti overment bes bOtr