La cosive tionist social policies. The Tories' key ailll Was radically change relations between employers and the labour force.
Every active TGWU fully aware of the two tier society' strategy behind the thinking of capitalist politicians. Educationals, discussions at all levels, and union publications have all been Ron Todd's election as general secretary coincided pressure has been on the IGWU to define where it Much fact would be an exaggeration to as opposed to 'new realism'. THE CATERPILLAR factory at Uddingston in Nevertheless the underlying approach has been the attempt extend basic principles trades unionism organisation, Colceuvisil mucocrucucc into areas. The TGWU's forthcoming conference will indicate what differences, any, there coulses.
The 'Link-Up' in rebtre New have been the labour force. Temporary Threats, coercion, and employee-involvement' have all been used to gain great reduce employment reduce employment the 'core. The crucial middle ground' in the Sorce 'periphery' of unorganised 'disposable WUL ACES staff have been expanded.
The philosophy of the 'Link-Up' campaign is, officially at least, Calcul union organisation to these temporary and part-time workers, to fight against their exploitation by employers, and also stop the undermining or replacement of permanent workers. Compare this with the acceptance strike deals and the total • ot trades union independence mastermindoccupation illegal ed by the EETPU leadership at Wapping (not to mention Tner organised, premeditated scabbing)
different TGWU's approach will pro- JUSI ve to be when measured against less clear-cut issues, however, remains to be seen.
Up campaign, from the left, will undoubtedly surface at the 1987 conference. Two ommendation of the general executive council, conference decided to halt efforts to unionise agency labour.
Spearheaded by the road transport section, that rightly ignored vote indicated a deeply held desire by members to hold back and stem the tide. The employers schemes to descolecuve bargaining patterns established in '70s had to be sto the miners strike had seen the role of agency and self-employed lorry drivers, owing, allegiance organised labour, rise to new heights of importance. Conscious planning by the Tory government to create just this effect had been seen ana understood. Ine reaction was instinctive -'such labour can never be organised, as one resolusomething they'd refused to will LInK-UD campaign, and that one way or another the anti-agency labour resolution policy of 1985 will be overturned The 1987 will continue the discussions about the new role for the unemployed will be discussed, following on from the radical decision of last year's rules con ference to admit unemployed school leavers for 10p a week. Building on the role of the "TUC centres', and fighting the new range of Special Employment Measures' louisery YTS, low pay, the "restart' scheme) need discussion ACTSS activists in the so-called 'voluntary sector pushing organisation homeWUIKCIS. I he new genera solution, it is clear that, in ending the occupation, the focus and strength of the fight to save jobs has been greatly weakened.
In ine lace or tremendous difficulties, the Cater pillar worktorce won wide support. Workplace street collections and other conations were bringing I £15,000-£20,000 weekly. An actualluld them support. Dockers refused to equipment. big developed Cannibal around the 'pink panther workers built and donated to Nicaragua BT sack striker FOLLOWING their campaign of post-strike victimisations in the London City area, BT management have now sacked a sriker, John telephone call to the man's wife.
management intended to escalate their involved the movement of activists off their disciplinary action to go on their record.
the union branch adopted a policy of building strike action in the event of any sackings, anu te work place represenlalives been won from local Labour MPs and other branches of the union had sent letters of support.
time of the branch AGM in March.
and seeking to alter the outcome of the AGM, issue of the Evening Standard, under the headline. 'Extremists plot BT union coup'.
The resignations have played into a wedge into the unity that was being forged against the victimisations, and against the increasing attempts by management to impose They should be withdrawn.
Tion of cooperatives wil continue to lobby for unior . The TGWU backune. finally endorse the need for a statutory minimum wage with the traditional lefi hostility to this policy pro useful barrier against any incomes-polics strings. More tar-reachins proposals for a union-rur employment agency anc pension scheme are on the trade group will continue to raise issues of developmen in the countryside and en vironmental issues.
Many these pro posal double edged social democracy in Britair (collective bargaining plu: caring capitalism) there ar obvious dangers in the ide that the labour movemen can provide Socially it socialiste socia challenging capitalist set-up must in volve spreading the collec tivist approach to section. of society currently outsid and/or hostile to the labou movement. It means learn ing exerest sovereigr control the broac range of social issues.
They deserved the total support of their own union and the STUC in the tactics they had chosen. It was because of the occupation that they were able to build such a campaign.
Speaking at the STU( in Perth last week, AEU convenor at Caterpillar, John Brannan, defended the militant tac nes orine worker The : hard-fought campaign to save the jobs at Caterpillar will not forgotten in Scotland and the AEU leadership and the STUC have great respon sibility now for whatever will be the final outcome.
Treadaway. Treadaway's alleged 'crime' was to have reterred to someone as a 'scab' in a private NCU members in the area had feared that victimisation campaign. Previous discipline had traditional jobs, and out of the area, and for the committee had initiated a defence campaign for those already victimised. Pledges of support had Rather than build on this support to forge a united response to the sacking, six of the officers took the occasion to resign. These resignations were then used to extend a management witch, initiated at the A management letter, distributed at the time has now been quoted extensively in the 28 April management's hands, and their attempts to drive their unfettered right to manage since the strike.