SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Senior Colman

Socialist Action No. 165, 22 May 1987 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 507 words

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page 10 of the scan

ensure only indigenous Fijians can govern.

indigenous comIn practice this places control the the hereditary Fijian Indians denied the Protest demonstrations held petitioning callall the session.

Prime Minister ed on be bent destroying FOUR months into their dispute in defence of union organisation and the 100 striking engineers at Senior Colman in Sale, nea Manchester. are sti going strong.

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moves include meetings at Manchester airport to ensure a boycott of scab air distribution product by the transport firms and to stop installation system at the airport itself.

Other equipment destined for use in a North Sea oil rig is bottled up at East Anglian ports where dockers have imposed blacking Senior Colman's convener, Graham Wyatt was touring Gt Yarmow! and Lowestoft bad

page 11 of the scan

- which way will the TGWU jump?

Unionists for werwale anonypropaganda culating the WalLo members of the danger OI 'the hard left making monkeys of us all', il Calling enquiry into ballot results.

AI LIES DEDEC aCuVIL in a union which, officially at least. trowns on organised reveals that the climate within the union has shifted further to the right than for many Further developments expected LEIS year's BDC in July. The 1985 conference passed a strong resolution against any government in„necc e WilOE ates on balloting etc, yet Party/TUC policy, New rights, responsibilities, would also certainly compel the TGWU to alter its rule undermining the principle of independence tying unie members industrial disputes.

It seems that the executive has swallowed this ine just as in the field of econotulc policy, wnere the executive esolution leaves out anv reterence to nationalisation or 1 vila tionalisation. The pasals which ire economte prolimited to Kevnesian measures, will not tackle the roots of the crisis.

The dangers of a new round of incomes control under the guise of a 'national economic asCoN ment' will also be debated. Region O's resolution, for Craige COLORI the union to 'total support for the Labour Party, for their work of reconstruction' given that 'there will be a language of Wave lu priorities'.

Where this would leave the union under another Callaghan-type ment is not spelt out. reversal of polica on reselection MPs; full support for Labour's plans to build up the military and its commitment to NATO: continued efforts to gain backing for the witch-hunt against soc austi eSOLOIs along these lines are all on the agenda.

Another key of debate will be over the accountability of the general executive council (GEC). The new Link Calutpaign, overturning polic arelil coulo should have been determined by the BDC. Yet the decision to launch it at a rally before the BDC well condoned rather than criticised. ancie ae ao leocia on the agenda that would approve more power for the GEC.

In the cals ahead TGWU members will need that will back them fully in conflicts with the employers and their government. Independence the state, GenOcy aco. and socialist policies must nol be surrenderca on lne altar 5. so-called realsm'. Ron Todd Socialist Action 8 May 1987

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