These listings are free for all major labour movement and activities: Semiisplay caversements Cust per word and must be paid Send to:
Action, Upper Street, London not later than one week prior to ublication).
CND National monstration London, 22 •ct. Ilam. Victoria Embankment. For details acal transport phone CND ational office 01-263-0977.
Week of Action umibia Thur 27 Oct-Wed 2 Includes march and assemble 1.30pm Bressenden Edns (opp Victoria Stn):
enefit dance 29 OCt slington Town Hall with The Republic & Supercombo. Details of bese & other events from PO Box 16, London TUC Women's Action "A woman's place is in union'. 29 Oct. For letails of events contact your nion, TUC region or write TUC, Congress Hse, Gt London WCI, Kussel ola 01-636 4030. • Anti-Privatisation Newsletter produced by Public Service Action. rourt issue vul luw inchides material on council house sales, failures by Drivale contactors. and on British Rail, British Gas etc. 30p each from SCAT ruoucanons Close, London EC1, 01-253 Clerkenwell • Midland anti-racist conference, Sat 29 Oct, 11-4pm, Digbeth Civic Hall, Organised by Birmingham Campaign Against Racism and rascism. cro irauce Council, 191 Corporation St.
Speakers include Prem Muhammad Idrish and Clare Dineil, Avlal Jollal, Short MP.
The LEWIS DAVIES Memorial Lecture given by Bob Cryer (former bour MP for Keighley 'US Foreign Policy and the Labour Party' Thur 27 Oct, 7.30pm Clarendon Building, Teeside Poly Chair: Frank Cook MP • Labour Movement Conference on Ireland -Peace through Democracy.
Speakers include
• British politics: facing 1984 Andrew Gamble, Doreen Massey, John Ross, Barry Hindess • Rebuilding the Labour Party Ken Livingstone, Vladimir Derer, Jude Woodward • Democratising the unions Kate Holman, John Aitken EETPU Broad Left • Struggle for black rights Jenny Bourne, Unmesh Desai • Socialist economic policy and the AES John Harrison, Hilary Wainwright Livingstone, and Clive Soley. • Hands off Central America South London labour movement Rally 28 Oct, Lambeth Town Hall, Speakers include: Tony Benn, Alan Sapper, Moncada (FDR/FMLN) and reps from Nicaragua and renada. rurmer details/leaflets from Vauxhall CLP, 01-582 2955 action, 15-22 Oct. Many events (see above) including Tree nums al une ace cincula Peckham High St from 6.30pm, , Fri 21 Oct: Feeder maren lor malial uciu with float & steel band starts 9.30am on Camberwell. Green on 22 Oct. • Marx and Feminism. A talk by selma James to commemorate the centenary of Marx's death. Mon 24 OCk. NorIA ConCOn Poly, Room 08, Ladbroke Hse, Highbury Grove N5.
w neerchair accessiole Further details: 01-837 7509 Nobody's Backyard:
Programme of meetings organised by North London Central America Group, Tuesdays at 7.30pm, Hampden Community Centre,. 150 Ossulston St, NW1. £S for full course or £l per meeting(f2/50p unwaged). 25 Oct 'Seeds of Revolution' film on Honduras; 1 Nov film 'Nicaragua - a 8 Nov. Central America and the peace movemenl 15 Nov Liberation Theology: Option for the poor:
NOT "The First Casualty' & 'Ballots & Bullets': 29 Nov Viva Centro Amenica. rurtle. info Duncan Green 01-359 3976.
London Peace Das organised by the GLC, Sat 1am, music from Carol Grimes and the Crocodiles, Breakfast Band, Mainsqueeze, The Guest Stars, Teresa Trull & • Barbara Higsbie, High Jinx and Jah Warrior. Plus New Variety from Cast, puppets and beer tent. All events tree Peace day concert at opm Town Hall Parade, Starr, Geno Washington & the Mo Jo Kings, Super Karla. £4/£2 concession: box office 01-737 2886.
Troops Out Day School, S November, Kings College, camorase. neeisuralul 9.30am. Cost f1, pooled fare. Creche must be booked For details In duvalice none cambrace o • London Gay Young Socialists meet every four weeks on Sundays at 6pm, Marchmont Community centre. WC1. Next meetings 20 Nov Marchmont st and 11 Dec. Further details from Martin 01-263 9484. • London Labour Campaign for Gay Rights next meeting Sun 6 Nov, opm, Marchmont Community Centre Marchmont St, WCI rartner details from Mike 01-659 2983 or Bob 01-341 0666 • Gay NUR group just forming. For details of inaugural meeting write to Gav NUR c/0 119 Southwyck, Coldharbour Lane, London SW9.
Party next national meeting Sat 26 Nov, 2pm, County Hall. London Sel. Creche available. Further details from Sarah Roelofs c/o Gays the Word bookshop, Marchmont St, London WCI. Racism, plus MPs. Phone 01-274 3952 for details • Hands off Namibia Victory to SWAPO public meeting and film Thur 2 Oct, 7.30pm, Holbor Theobalds Rd, London WCI. Admission Organised by City of London Anti-Apartheid Group Solidarity with Nicaragua public meeting 21 Oct, Transport Hse, • Victoria St. Bristol. Speakers from Sandinista Defence commitees T&GWU plus Julian Newell (Bristol West LPYS) and Mark nomosol (Nicaraguan Solidarity Campaign). • The Future of the NHS & the prevention of ill-health Socialist Health Association conterence. 10am-5pm, Mary Ward Hall, 9 Tavistock Place London WC1.
• opcancis include Neil Kinnock (Leader of LP): Rodney Bickerstaff (Gen Sec NUPE): Cvril Tavlor. (Pre SHA). Tickets £3/£1 unwaged Order now as accomoodol Is • millicu •from SHA, 195 Walworth Rd, London SE17: • Stop US intervention in Central America. Public meeting on Nicaragua, 1 Nov, 7pm, Marlborough Rd Marlborough Rd Roath, Cardiff. Speaker: Jeremy Corbyn MP Organised by Solidarity with Latin American Group • Benefit concert for CND Sat 22 Oct, 7.30pm, St Martins-in-the-Fields, nr halazal bu Raphael Wallfisch (cello) & the Mana Chamber Orchestra. £2.50: £2/11.50 unwaged. Details and tickets irom UND shop 227 Seven Sisters Rd London N4, 01-263 5673. • Sri Lankan Research & Information Group will provide speakers on the current situation there for Write to 9 Grays Hiccules Inn Bulldings, London Ee.. • Socialist Bookfair 1983° nvent "iatoen. London WC2. • 4-5 November. Enquiries to Bookmarks, (oBr), zos, seven sişters to end their action last Wednesday. port action.
plaus attack after attack at the work force freezes cepting management's paltry offers.
picket line over a pay offer.
hard-fought for low pay and low pension When this strike on 2 September.
delegations have arena.
Management have breaking the members. They above) and now ther engagement laws to cause nervousness in members' homes The real issue altogether. This is movement.
Dispute Fund, c/o R Pendlebury Salford, Lanes.
Employment for women in London GLC Women':
Committee open meeting Wed 19 Oct 7-9pm, County Hall, York Rd, SEI. Creche Tacles ana sign language interpretation available.
Details 01-633 1038 • Nicaraguan communis polities in action Public meeting with two reps from The onese we ent Citees. Fri 14 Oct, 7pm, Camden Town Hall, Euston
CHLORIDE
ACTION BY WORKERS at the Chloride Batteries factory in Clifton, Manchester has escalated. Management attempted to force the strikers back to work by sending 560 workers dismissal notices unless they agreed The strikers' response was a mass picket of over 300 workers from the plant and a commitment to step up the action. The next day staff-side unions called a mass meeting and agreed to come out in support of the Transport and General Workers Union strikers from Monday. All the other plants in the Chloride group nationally will also be holding strike meetings to decide on sup'JOHN SUMBLAND, the TGWU convenor, explains the origins of the dispute and the strikers In the past few years management have thrown - some 1500 job losses, including 150 forced redundancies, two productivity deals. The workforce has suffered it, selling mealbreaks for a pittance and hoping to save their jobs through acBut the fightback at Chloride was rekindled in November 1982 when we spent two weeks on the Following this successful strike, management tried to impose a wag After pressure from the unions, management agreed to negotiate, but all they offered was a sellfinancing productivity scheme, involving further job loss and austere minimum production rates.
The offer involved sacking canteen staff, putting the cleaning out to contract, the end of prod cuction of one product and the scrapping of our 'one-rate system. protects the unskilled and weak from the trap of ridiculous offer was rejected and management failed to respond, we came out on We've organised effective 24 hour pickets and workplaces looking for support. We are now starting to go further afield, looking to the national consistently refused to negotiate and have applied their energies solely to the resolve our have resorted to loaded secret and nose any are using Teapers fee using say we sacked This last move is deliberately planned to : in this dispute is the survival of trade unionism. Management want to get rid of us an issue for the whole trade union movement. It is in this light that we appeal for the broadest possible support from the whole • Messages and financial aid to: 6/153 Branch Butcher, 8 Ethel Avenue.
Rd. Organised by NSC 01-359 8982 • The Caribbean and Central America Fudl meeting called by Brent South & East Labour partes. speakers. Jeremy Corbyn MP, James Dunkerley, Debbie Delange, • Jenny Pearce and Billy Taylor. Thur 20 Oct, 7.30pm, Harlesden Methodist Church Hall, Tavistock Road, NW10
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A weekend of socialist debate and discussion FACING 1984: THE SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE Saturday 29 October