THE LABOUR Coordinating Committee has launched a campaign to win victory in the coming ballots on trade union affiliation to the Labour Party. With an impressive list of sponsors Todd, Arthur Scargill, David Blunkett, ingstone and Michael Meacher -its campaign Unions Charter'.
conference in July to plan a campaign to win union ballots on Labour Party affiliation. Peter Hain, the Vice-Chair of the LCC, explained that it was not intended to be just a conference with speakers but with workshops on different aspects of the campaign. the campaign.
While the LCC would be hosting the conference it would be organising it closely with other groups.
In the press release announcing ine charter te LCC explains, 'Although the Tories' latest antiBill has still not passed Intough ment, barring an earthquake, It will become law this year. We therefore believe it is vital to prepare the ground now to win the ballots for continued trade union affiliation to the party is "The that Labour has been losing the battle of ideas antonest - including Ron Ken Livthe LCC is basing on a four point 'Labour and the Alongside the charter the LCC plans to hold a workers. Only 39 per cent of trade unionists voted Labour in the last election. Links between trade union •ranches parties have disappeared or ossified. With ICW Calcutions real socialist politics has evaporated from the organisational channels which do remain.
'A well prepared campaign could be a golden opportunity inject socialist ideas and Labour policies workDaces again. We could actually turn the forv threat to ou advantage by mounting. campaign at rank and file level, using the fund ballots as a venicle for arguing Labour's case with individual UNIONISIS "The Tories' calculated force the Ron Todd and Peter Hain supporters of appeal will not be defeated by na-
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