LAST friday's 'energy conerence between the wrI leadership the UDM was a calculated innave VUCLI PU's conference centre at lauve The UDM delegation intion included its general no no ano LalIves Board. It is worth noting that Hammond, who The meeting was conthe mhe NuM executive June support, both publicly and 'It is our view that the matter and take action..
issues that will form part mounted an open attack on the NUM, and holding a well-publicised 'conference' with the UDM. ALAN MURRAY looks at the significance of the link up between Hammond and superscab Roy Lynk.
engineers and with other prepared to meet in secret.
We intend to try to create WEEK the EETPU leadership KEEP FIGHTING Defend great deal in commor with them We will be having an exchange of ideas, he said Questioned on January on the hee subles violation of that might be involved in with the UDM. Hamond openly stated: "Any rule that prevents our friendship with the leaders of another democratic organisation would not be worth observing Hammond appeared at press following the Friday meeting flanked by Lynk Toon. Hammond argued that what had taken place was: an innocent meeting between two democrane •tions trying to deal wịth the problems of their industries! More bluntly he stated that: It's important that the UDM recognise that they have friends inside the TUC!
Hammond made
clear that he was against any attempt by the TUC to isolate or crush the UDM decated don't believe there is a chance of there being a mending of breach without the UDM that has friends inside the TUC.
"The only other way to deal with the UDM is destroy it. I don't believe the TUC or the NUM have Up means to destroy the Toon echoed Ham mond, stating that: 'Both the TUC and Labour Party will have to acknowledge Lynk used the platform of the press conference to declare that: 'Everything we have done open! He added that the conference was just the physical manifestation of friendship between the EETPU and the UDM munist dictatorship' is just piffle. The EETPU leader ship ruthlessly sup pressed democracy in the US L as the UDM leadership has in that organisallull Significantly the UDM the SCal organisation with which the EETPU leadership is alleged to be talking altnough it is bv tal the most important. Last August the no-strike, antiProfessional Association of Teachers an discussions with the EET PU leadership. Ihese wer to cover how to apply no. strike deals and 'pendulum arbitration' teachers. This announcement was directly motivated as flowing out of the no-strike agreement the EETPU had signed with Eddie Shah.
Jimmy Knapp and Ray Buckton have also written to Norman Willis asking for enquiries into reports that Hammond and the non-TUC scab Federatior Professional Railway Servants had been talking to each other. Hammond denied this accusation.
The significance of the EETPU's with the UDM is clear. The UDM sees it as a way to 'energy which would bolster their protect from the fight back from the NUM, and take it into the TUC. The EETPU sees its links with the UDM as a crucial part of organising Hostility extreme right , wing, management forces inside outside the unions. This also provides part of its plans for an TUC when, this should become liccessar y.
Last week's meeting between Hammond anc the most significant scab organisation shows leadership is now prepared to go: