will be introducing a Bill, the Justice for the Mineworkers Bill. ILLO Dallament. on February to coincide with a mass lobby of parlament which the campaign is calling. This followed by Willi weekend of activities culminating in a mass rally and a concert in the Albert Hall, Saturday UIl March.
This campaign is vital. If we can't stand by the miners, who can we support?
Eighteen months agọ, when the miners were the front line, everyone was falling over themselves with declarations of Now it seems as support. though a lot of people are distance themselves the But it is the same battle months ago nothing has changed. Kinnock's speech, in which he sala inal a lulure Laboul government wolld not remoulse partially to blame for that the luicis CK O SuDoOll But the Campaign Jeremy coroyn mous in supporting ame the for Miners JUSLICC We are circulating constituency parties. We are touring the country 1o build the campaign and speaking at meetings at all the regional con1C CHES We also fully the campaign to defend Notts NÜM. On behalf of the Campaign group, I took part in a recent meeting there organised Notts Women Against Pit Closures.
The campaign against the UDM has much wider support amongst MPs. that a 'kid glove' by the labour movement. So far Battle nas been aone about the peole who are relevant today as it was during the miners strike UDM members in the Labour Party or about derecognition of the UDM.
But The Notts city parties have laken the first steps though Clive Jenkins' call for 'federaton of mining unions' didn't help, lo say the least.
dusse. used by the Coa Num o ra smormos NUM. enormous media effort is going into trying to secure its recognifor sacked jailed miners and will follow march from the Jubilee Gardens, County Hall, via the Coal Board headquarters in Victoria.
On the previous Wednesday sacked miners will lobby parlament when it is presented with the Camof sacked miners. You can help by:
*Get your Labour Party to organise meetings support of the campaign.
* organising sell tickets for the rally-
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group of MPs is unani- Photo: GM COOKSON