paign aimed at recruiting temporary and part time union's politics. Women's and black organisations in the party have particularly welcomed the campaign and temporary workers are women and many are black. This campaign is going to force the TGWU to face up to the fact that it remains resolutely opposed to women's and black self-organisation in the union and the Labour Party — a position which weakens the ability to campaign among workers. calling for full support to the TGWU campaign, rally of the campaign Ron Todd and Neil Kinnock.
THE Labour Party Black TGWU's 'link-up' campaign aimed at recruiting into membership temporary and part-time workers. Many of the six million people. who trapped in this highlyexploited of the workforce are black peo. ple and women. Some of them sweat shop conditions.
The T&G leadership must NUM workers. It is an important development in the — as the overwhelming majority of part time women and black The Labour Party Black Section, which is produced the following statement for the opening — which was addressed by build recognising the 'link-up between the icululal y workers' Leadership to VIeWs 'I CAMPAIGNED for Scargill as compensaton without any debate at rank file level. The GWU's ill thought out position on the subject ittered with contradictions. ror instance. despite The Campair Press Campaign Broadcasting Freedom, which has championed the 'right of reply', the union leadership have refused to print the Black Section's response to a big article in TGWU Record about our issue.
A NALGO motion in support of black • caucuses was backed by all the large including the TUC 1984. This encouraged all affiliates appropriate structures - like lack members groups Had quately represent black yorkers In the same year to the London Labour the TGWU delegaregional conference voted in favour of black sections. And. later at national the Agricultural Workers CENT Kent miner Terry French was 1 date The Coal Board axcu 2,000 jobs pits.
Call vacuud agallisi president, for ing South Wales which led call for Thompson reminded Hatfield Main nate the NUM's that the also opposed the 11ai ly after. been used, Thompson 'the return normality' that the Both Thompson the need the Sammy YorkShire Area NOLLS and Dyers and Bleachers ade groups supported t he luwu executive n since imposed its will the huge block vote wieldby delegates Black self-organisation Resolutions in favour of black sections were on the agenda of the last biennial delegate (BDC). Yet the leadership did not see fit to get them aeDalca. decision could not be defended by deputy general secretary Bill Morris. He admitted the union's position 1 moral legisenacy black sections lacked until it had gone before a BDC.
Bill Morris's reverse, when he failed to get on the TUC's General Coundespite the backing of TGWU build a base on an all white Caulive must have base among black workers who This was factors in Areas his viceHumulalon president.
ing the Wheeler up Arthur • a vigorous cial Times cluded: that the prospects reaching some form enabling look poor, the managetrate on persuading level that will best modern inof new equipment. The more wages the better.
million in a pit Margam South al C being are the lowest paid and least represented and you must fight Called black self-organisation which gives them a voice and a means of articulating their grievances.
The TGWU has advisory committee strucfor LUIC but nothing for black card holders who make up 20 per cent of the membership NALGO Black Workers conferences prove that large unions are tinallv up to the need to help their defeat racism Indeed, general secretary Norman Willis LOTe special black workers that should 'unofficial black members groups' as a threat to their constitution He warned that if black workers felt unions did not care about their problems they would turn to other organisations. made the Arthur Scargill de: blackmail'. 'We WaLL the Margem on BBC and we don't to be into unfair to get it. see of hours of the national policy, Dutfield. South ucul there cording to dent Teachers strike ballot BALLOTING is currently taking place in the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of womer Teachers for joint half day strike action against the Baker Bill. The Bill will remove teachers' night to conectivel bargain over wages and conditions. Indications are that there will be a massive vote in favour of the action It is the first time that joint strike action has been organised between the NAS/UWT and the NUT. NUT general secretary, Frec Jarvis, stressed its importance at a 2000-strong joint lobby of parliament on 26 February Labour's education spokesperson, Giles Radice has pledged that a future Labou government would Caterpillar A MASSIVE lobby of parliament in support of occupation has been called for 5 March. It follows on the highly successful local denise onl Saturday 28 March.
contingents from LeTHAN I France and Belgium will be on the lobby of parliament it was pledged, as part of the move to build a strong repeal the Bill NUT executive member Bernard Regan said it is important that to be more than just promises of better dav to come. Teachers will be faced with the realities of the Bill long before any general The left-wing Socialist Teachers Alliance, he said, 'will be arguing that Labour-controlled local education authorities give a commitment now that they won't implement the new law, and that refusal to cover schools and refusal to work outside of school hours and in the lunchbreak be generalised and built nationally by the union. The united ½-day strike action gives us the opportunity to launch this campaign.' international combine. The French plant is considering solidarity strike action on the day CONCID OIl Brannan has declared his determination to go ahead with plans to give a 'Pink Panther' tractor company has threatened Bob Geldof with legal action for receiving stolen goods' if he accepts the tractor built by the occupying workers.
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