THE POST OFFICE Engineering Union is in conference at Blackpool during general election week. The Bill to privatise British Telecom fell when the election was called, but the Tories are pledged to reintroduce it if re-elected.
mediately called off the selective industrial action against the Bill.
DAVE WARD, branch and a Broad Left candidate for the NEC who polled 57,439 votes at last conference, told us what faces the POEU Broad Left.
tant ever for the failure by T me lo win majority on executive allo the had VICWS orvalsaThe City allu branches aulul, were to stave off were vein, but the ex cutive tried to limit the vli alu use ll olly lo Viro LUyclarc They ad no intention of winnag the action.
Ground The very ground on shich those two branches iota mas deing cul away the executive. The ex« Chune was nol Dart ol loe solution but part of the p.obiem. They are hoping aşainst hope for a Labour story to let them off the The executve embling with members' alvertng Ine hole of the members' atLowarus Lnc elecon thev failed to The POEU national executive committee imsecretary of the Horsham Many leadership. We have to argue Colterence ior the union take industrial action against any government which attempts to privatise DATS OI brilsn i ciccom Ihat will the major British Telecom lett. Win issues even the Broad more and the union must be bring these and give them the without the ches.
sent leadership will find itmore and more difficult to hold down the forces ranged against them.
Other issues will come up at conference. As far as the leadership concerned, our affiliation uvo ls oniy a paper one. The Horsham branch circulated a letter in the UMOT support the of Greenham wollen Common members that we are affiliated nationally If we are going to be invo vc ousa adon against the government then a sensible thing to do would be to black missies ds well. so, in tne general election we be taking industrial actior against privatisation Vl Ulse the Newbury which would If the Tories • The of the Greenham women have in Soiree a Cal TOrSruS Telecom to black work on the missile sites.
major contractor on these Women SELeN Telecom has started a call the Post Office Engineering Union for this work to be boycotted.
ine norsham branch of the union sent a letter to all branches arguing case for this action and a MOROn nOs the national conference Bs eoos 'That the POEU join the protest against Cruse missiles Britain by blacking work comman canons systems of the relevent oases THE RIGHTS of black workers will be a major Issue at this year's National. and Local Government Officials Association conference.
Last year black delegates walked out of the conference giving clenched fist salutes. Their HIOUIOH had been carved up by the executive and an alternative adopted which claimed the solution to racist discrimination is to educate black workers.
By which bureaucrats - that the rather than institumovement.
At this year's conorganising a major district COlle the biggest The COurCH entouragllg many bATEN ouser vers.
Colla aeol employers fellow workers, a national black workers conference, local black coutee WillI representation on branch and legal cacculives Brian Sedgemore and Ernie Roberts, local candidates, bring financial assistance to victims of immigration and nationality laws.
The adoption of this motion by the Metropolitan district is the product of a concentrated Black members of NALGO fighting for their rights ampaigı by black NALGO members over has included picket of the union's token race equality workino nar. ty in February, the formation of local black worker' groups and a na. tional NALGO black worker in attended by workers from all over Britain.
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