THE ANNUAL conference of the National Communications Union, meeting in Blackpool this week, has been dominated by the fall-out of the national strike earlier this year.
The na- general secretary, John Golding, was deepenhistory when key engineering group voted by 76,672 to 35,262 to censure the executive for its handlcent 1112 of the dispute; and by 62,708 to 50,686 to call for Golding's resignation. substantial ine cenca comerence also voted to its strongly members. caccutive. The resignation calls did not simply come from the ecutive last of the union, but also from branches previously the union's membership associated with 'no' to the WIllg. course by the Speaking to the motion, Geoff Graham from Carlisle said that he had a lot of Golding as 1U1 political operator but that Golding had failed to live previous up to nis pre-ciccuon piomises to provide leadership - Cruve Ilas been eliminated, *hung' NEC. With traditional right wing areas with course of those dominated by the union's Broad Left, humiliating delivered to Golding's, and executive s, Golding immediately tention the But the ecutive was ecutive shows the ullull -its the ponues The discussed that of •i Lolluvi BT. been suspensions,
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