Plans for NALGO Broad Left | Socialist Action 1983

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THIS YEAR'S annual conference of the National and Local Government Officers' Association meets on 13 June.

wake of the general election.

With the likely return of delegates will have to con. sider how best to fight the Tory ons some some extent, NALGO been cushioned from the worst ettects of lory rule. Although pay has fallen drastically, jobs have gone and there have been moves towaras unemployment has largely stayed as 'someone else's problem.

But the Tories have made it cicar tnat tney now intend to launch a massive attack on the public sector in particular local authorities. Iney plan to break up the Greater LonCouncil, une Inner London Education Aulnonly metropolitan authorities.

There will be swingeing in public spending Culs and a stepped up privatisation of lucrative services. raced • with this, only determined well organised Hallullal calllIt is one of the first union conferences in the paign - up to and including all out strike accan protect jobs living standards of NALGO members.

Up to now, any branch facing cuts and privatisation has had to fight alone, even though NALGO has a policy or nanonai SUOport for branches resisting redundancies: So, cases, the fight has been I0SL, Hoos lave colIc services have been hived off.

Islington NALGO and Carolyn Sikorski, Newham NALGO.

We now need national financial support for branches taking action, a rolling programme of supportive industrial action and a vigorous campaign among the whole membership to impress on them that they will be in the firing sooner rather than later.

Unfortunately, the NALGO leadership is hostile to this approach and nas talled to put existing union policy these JILO Issues.

The left within the has failed to national oreallisc Ull scale to force the leaderUntil alliull now, the left in NALGO concentrated localised organisation, particularly the large. and stronger districts.

This has had • some limited use but, even in these cases, it has failed to organise the bulk of active shop stewards around fightback. Continuing the old way is pitifully inadequate present political situation.

At NALGO conference, Socialist Action supporters for sponsorship of a broac based national conference in the autumn to develop a stralegy for acuon to light the Tory attacks on local the auluill meeting, we hope that genuinely representative Broad Left can be set up to break the insularity of the past, and prepare a fightback. Will militant action come forward in NALGO to put people first?