SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Government alarm on MacBride principles

· Socialist Action No. 171, 25 September 1987 · p. 5 of the scan · 264 words

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TOM KING, the secretary of state for northern flew to the principles, which deal with eliminating discrimination in employment in northern Ireland. The MacBride principles have already been adopted by five American states: New York, necticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey.

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:to dicor may. Nor dealings with their workers' in Britain and Ad(ICTU), because of genera secretary, criticised the failure of to discrimination principles unionistCommittee have been government inaction on posals their OWIl.

endorsing the principles, Kevin MacNamara, Unemployment% King: a last-ditch attempt to stop US states adopting anti• discrimination likely to be debated this year's Labour Party conference in Brighton. And the conference against discrimination in employment in northern Ireland called by the 205470% 1215% FERMANAGH Committee Ireland for 28 November port in the British trade has received major DUD movement, with Gill, Peter Heathfield and Jimmy Knapp.

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September in a dramatic effort to stop the growing band wagon of support in the USA for the MacBride

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