The recent North West Region Labour Party conference carried tWO tions in support of LiverDOUl council's fight against the Tory governfor battle though, thing is clear. In the words Liverpool member: pens on the 29th - Liverpool's fight is only just beginning'. Council Joint Shop I think the demonstration on 29 March will be big at least 30,000. We've asked local government unions to send delegations along to Liverpool for that day.
There will be a number of delegations difterent Darls of the coulltry. Knowsley NALGO nave voted strike on that day. But the core of the demonstration will be from Liverpool.
The trades council has aiscussea ll ana laken a position of fully ing le counch, bul the groups represented, like Fords wind dock workers, won't necessarily members out on strike.
Liverpool NALGO is now holding a ballot to be conducted workplace AS LIVERPOOL'S budget deadline moves closer, PETE CRESSWELL, secretary of Liverpool City Stewards and secretary of NALGO, gave Socialist Action an update on events.
meetings; we'll have the results next Friday. The decision of the mass meeting was overwaemm. ing. I'm confident the result will be the same as the mass meeting It's not yet clear what's as a result of shop steward's decision not to support a 24-hour strike. But at least one NUPE branch, NUPE markets, has voted tavoll ot strike NUPE have said they'!! Dut the members mass that's all motion beaking pe majority members to strike anyway: the home helps, the old people's homes, We're maintaining emergency services on the 29th. And we're allowing members service the council meeting which starts at 1.30pm.
have approached the six councillors to interview them for our newsletter and they've refused. Now we're writing to ask them exactly where they Every indication have that thev're ir favour of making cuts. Ther al c an illegal budget they've said they're against big rate increases That only leaves one option The seventh councillor, Margaret Delaney is widely quoted as saying she's in favour of putting the city through what the Yover men emanat "letting the wounds bleed'.
As lal Concerned, we're continuing to fight for the council to refuse to make any cuts.
ACTION SociAlist SUBSCRIBE IT IS the clear duty of the whole Labour movement to support the Yorkshire, Scottish, Welsh, North Derbyshire, Kent, and other miners on They are defending the industry and they are bringing out the true nature of the government's policy. The government wants to try to divide the union, to destroy the industry — or at least those pits which they choose to call uneconomic, with a view to the privatisation of profitable pits like Selby and ultimately the Vale of Belvoir.
They are doing this because they believe the NUM is the strongest trade union in the movement and in the Labour Party. They want to reverse the whole public ownership campaigr which culminated in the The crucial questions at stake are whether the miners support MacGregor as chairman of the Coal Board, support the policy of mass closures, and support privatisation — not the other issues raised by the government to confuse the situation.
is to give 100 per cent support to the NUM executive.
for 1946 Act There is no doubt what our job is. It Wednesday decided to strike on the same day.
, Many of the London borough NALGO branches will be stopping work to bring their members on ing that week NALGO will the march and Tally be holding open days to try and win public support. In Liverpool there will be support of the city coun cil's Sidne : against governal.
By Patrick Sikorski (London Transport NUR District Council)
Preparing the ground for all-out industrial action to stop abolition Thousands of jobs will be lost if the pro. posals go through. Lon don Transport alone will lose 10,000 jobs.
The focus must shift 'fun days' to serious united action by the unions to defend the GLC. The Greater London DEMOCRACY DAY on 29 March will take place called a strike of the capital's buses and tubes on 28. And NALGO GLC branch has Council Labour Group NAIGO have adopted a policy of non cooperation with transter. ring powers to quangos But a policy of lobbying LUlluUl boroughs parliament and creating a cumare sympathetic public opinion in insufficient to take on the lory laws.
Neil Kinnock has already come out against defying the law, in an attempt to pull the rug from under Liverpool The TUC is also against strike action.
best sabotage by London Transport unions claiming it will alienate public opinion.
cover for strender. ly a cover for surrender. will defeat defence campaign. The to stop Tory plans is to mobilise all the unions and the Labour Party against the Thatcher government.
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amid widespread strike action to defend the GLC and metropolitan councils. London Transport has