WHILE THE Tory assault on Liverpool is grabbing the media headlines their equally serious attack on Lambeth is still going on. Thirty two Labour councillors are threatened with surcharge.
of the council, about the situation in Lambeth and the emergency resolution government going to Labour Party conference.
Why did Lambeth refuse to set a rate?
If we had set a rate on the government's would have meant major cuts in jobs and s SCIVILE H Lambeth. 1,500 jobs gone. In area of high unemployment and major inner city deprivation there councillor Lambeth that could compromise with such dictates the government.
Herald says this week that the unions will continue to run the Ser vices under workers' control if elected councillors are remoyed undemocratically.
The joint trade union committee in Lambeth has said that if Labour councillors are disqualified they will refuse to operale services under Tory council which would take over as a minority council. They them workers' TUN until council elected.
But how will they get paid?
defence of local They would not get paid. It would be for only before a by-election retúrned the Labour coun ch to powel. have no intention of allowing councillors to fice. They are going to use disqualified their maximum industrial strength. The government nas reanseu uncy going to force their policies through the coun cil chamber, they are the district trving to use auditor to remove councillors from office. The unions are also planning other actions in suport of the council, including demonstrations and strike action.
What are your contacts with Liverpool?
As councillors we are in contact WItn Liverpool and the trade unions are in contact will They're supporting each other. i'm speaking platform with Derek HatWhat support have you received from the rest of the labour movement and Ted Knight the leadership of the parCLPs unions have giyen us both financial and political support. They've been contributing £100,000 fighting fund Case through the courts.
NEC has supported fighting fund The Labour leader nas taken a simula. stand as the miners' where ne wa not heavily in support. He's expressed told us we should obey the law and implement the cuts in his "better dented shield than no shield at all speech. 1U1 councillors quoted him against his battle What do you want party conference to do?
First, we ask them to sup port the fighting fund so we can go into the courts and defend ourselves. Sewe want them to Socialist Action is co-sponsoring a weekend of discussion, debate, and agitation on the theme of 'Building an alliance for socialism' on the weekend of 16-17 November.
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