picket picket cond time!
After signing management's declaration they return to work.
Strike action by Aberdeen engineers cuts off telex links to over customers including oil companies in the North sed.
FRI. 14 OCTOBER: More BT bussing involves engineers from as far afield as Hastings and Aldershol, wao are moveu mto arcas leit emply dy unosc shuttled into Central London.
left un-picketed and out of London engineers are told to do work with the entusiasm approprale to the situation'.
Over 100 workers at the North West London switching centre occupy their canteen for two and a half hours at in protest at management's action bussing other engineers in their break picket lines. sumicos to une union Engineers at Telecoms Tower, who have signed the good behaviour' declaration are threatened with dismissal after management scabs.
Engineers at Telecoms Tower, who have signed cause postponement of management's decisions. on sackings.
All POEU members refuse to cross lines and are suspended, some for the seone and a half thousand building to They return to work after inwork with AT THE Post ference earlier this year an executive with a left majority elected, stranglehold by the right.
executive, for his views on the progress of the strike so far.
At a special conference of the POEU called to discuss the light privatisation in September resolution called on the to organise a fight gains sider should be taken to lead that fight?
'The POEU fight is going force the union movement to take action seriously' he says.
"They can't just stand back and applaud, other unions should organise support, both financial Office Engineering Union's conbreaking decades-long We asked DAVE WARD, a member of the new and industrial, to roll back Tory privatisation plans.
As we go to press Meris in the process of seeking vent the POEU's action to prethem under the 1982 Employment Act.
How does Dave think the can fight the legal offensive? 'Our belief is that the courts will rule against us.
If they prepared to defend our industry by fight across the board. Dave Ward has already been demonstrated by the Pentonville Five that action is the only way to win. stead of talking with leb bit we've got to fight to teve into the TOes verbal commitment to oppose the Тогу anti-union laws.' Dave believes that the present tactics of selective action can win the dispute beald mean 35,00 uni i because members supported by 100,000 financially that could bring Telecoms to its knees'.
Ine real problem
how we prevent a national lock-out, because smash the POEU the BT board and government will be prepared lock Another problem is going to face is wilca buns almeu agallsi the Broad Left. The Daily Mail led the way with attacks on two Broad Left supporters last week. How does Dave think we should deal with the problem?
Switch double-edged', he argues. 'The members are seeing in practice how a left executive conducts its affairs openly and in full view of the members to involve them the decision-making process.
'It shows the pathetic level of Bl and the lones when they have to involte the gutter press in & stea campaign. Les the media Terry Wilde increased his votes for the NEC.
I have signed the peal against Political Vet Victimisation which was launched after the Cowley sackings. The whole trade union LUVE ment must come behind this and any future attacks on socialists at work or in the labour movement.
THE LABOUR PARTY conference in Brighton this month took the first serious discussion of Ireland -for many years. One of the motions debated was Composite 16, which was moved by Tony Benn on behalf of Kensington CLP and which was seconded by Brent East CLP.
The motion read: Socialist Action 21 October 1983 There people now than some years ago who realise that partition takes away our freedom Conference, there LOU. For the Ulster Loyalist leaders use the veto to sustain their should they bother to give equal rights for the minori.
community! should they bother to talk