Photo: MARK RUSHER (IFL., In Birmingham there is a campaign BLACK tion Act.
'amongst priorities conditions PEOPLE's resistance to state racism has had its impact on the Labour Party. At last year's delegates deplored the past role of the Labour Government in implementing Immigration Laws, particularly the 1968 Commonwealth Immigra They went on to commit conference to repeal the 1971 Immigration Act and the 1981 Nationality Act as the highest for the next Labour government. Probably many blacks greeted this decision with a lot of cynicism. Past governments have had shameful record in their dealings and legislation concerning black people.
After the Second World War, Bri tain relied heavily on black labour to staff those jobs which were ill-paid involved shift work and unpleasant in an economy labour was short.
White workers had left these jobs in increasing numbers to ge better paid employment in more congenial conditions By the late 'S0s and early '60s the emphasis had moved towards use of technology and away from the labour intenservices.
The cheap reservoir of Commonwealth labour had served its purpose. The 1962 Com monwealth Act recorded that by the introduction of VOuC-