Cling plates members. HOCCLINS On 8 BEFORE the NGA leadership's climbdown, solidarity action was up countrywide. Wie publish a selection of accounts sent to Socialist Action to show what the TUC and NGA could have built on.
SOGAT The print union SOGAT '82 issued blacking instructions to its member for the day of the 14 December NGA strike call. SOGAT '82 circulars told members in provincial newspapers: • not to cross NGA picket lines • to refuse to handle сору ог prinprepared by non-NGA These moves would have sabotaged many of the attempts by local newspaper owners to break the NGA East London HACKNEY North Hackne! Central Labour Parties invited the secretary of the London region of the NGA to be guest speaker at a public of December Levton labou Party held a public meeting on the theme 'defend the NGA, defend the and a similar meeting was organised by Newham North West Constituency union liason officers mobilised a delegation from railworkers transport union members to join the mass war coordinating committee o CLP's more meetings, for NGA speakers to tour workplaces and union meetings and for delegations to attend future Birmingham THE NGA branch, the Trades Counthe Unemployed Workers Association organised coaches for the picket and demonstra10,000 copies of a special broad. published by the trade union resource centre Solidarity meetings were held every Monday al .Ju in tne tradt union resource centre. folk and rock were organised for after evells Keggae. Xmas and a special fund established to pay the fines of those arrested on