THE SOCIAL Democratic Pary has always hated intolerance sided approaches. This explains why Dr D.Mabon when an represent the Whisky Association parliament in his time sit council of the LAST MAY, over 100 electricians working for Fleet Street newspapers resigned the Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union to join the print SOGAT '82.
They included Sean Geraghty was threatened with court action last year for the supaction taken by his ›ranch to defend LILE health workers.
He argued that EEPTU Frank Chapple, preparing to wind up the branch and sell it to another union.
Other EEPTU members, Broad Left, Labour Party supporters did not share this Temperance Association.
might think that's hypocricy. The doctor he was just trying to see both sides of the bottle.
Moles Eye View is compiled BOB FUNNINGUN Contributions sent to arrive by Thursday am. view and argued that the left in the union should not run away. They should stay and light for democracy left policies the Chapple leadership.
Head This dispute has come to refuses '82 recruitment of EEPTU members. In August the TUC insisted that SOGAT '82 exclude these new members, a decision rejected by the national de.ol This will be discussed again at the meeting of the TUC General Council. They have made clear that Despite opposition from NUM leaders, the rapidly gathered support, with 1500 miners from 5 pits in the neighbouring Doncaster joining in.
Last week the national NUM executive took the unprecedented step of giving national endorsement At Monktonhall colliery in Scotland 1500 miners have been on strike for Sean Geraghty SOGAT '82 persist in defying the the be expelled from the TUC.
EEPTU member JOHN on ine pit aimed at its The other strike to get national backing involve 700 miners at Westoe col liery in South Shields where management has Plans If Tory plans are not resisted, up • to pits could go in the next eight with the loss of 70,000 jobs.
The NCB are trying new tactics to break the unity of the union and the con fidence of the ranks to resist. It has changed manwithout consultation and provocation to other Broad Left members disagreed with the decision those the EEPTU.
'We support the TUC vecIsIon As members of the Broad Left we have a respous billy lo fight for progressive policies and eadership the EEPTU. From the beginning we argued with those who wanted to leave to join SOGAT '82.
'We pointed out then that the TUC would rule this as unconstitutional. We said that this would have serious consequences for the Pits like this one are being picked off one by one challenge the hard-won miners' control over pit conditions procedures.
The NCB chairperson McGregor well trained these methods having tried them with some success in the These provocations led to more strikes last week when Scottish miners were attacked for solidarity for the Monktonhall strikers. John Mitchell, the NUM delegate the Frances pit, was sacked on the spot for collecting money and miners were laid off for holding a solidarity meeting.
The national NUM executive is feeling the pres. sure of these strikes calcu a special Halional delegate conference for ?, October to conside action against the contrac tion of the coal industry. confidence of miners to say enough enough. Their anger and defiance could be built on to overCOme setbacks over recent national ballots for SUIIKC acut against pit closures.
actions of cut across this. The Yorkshire area counci. voted 67 to ? against supporting the Barnsley action Left area pres tained that the strike was a diversion trom the battle against closures. Fear These NUM officials fear that the growing con fidence of rank and file miners challenge their tight control over the union. They fail to see tha victories over NCB bull tactics can only strengther the battles to come on pit closures and pay.
With for the Monktonhall and Westoe
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