their Council Saturday, backed the NEC recommendation to change voting rules for ballots. Delegates representing. miners decided by 102 to 50 to support the change to the ruling.
Following the decision, Sid Vincent, right-wing Lancashire General Secretary said: I do not think we can escape drifi Nearly 100a sriners miners Bold and Sutton Manor, the two pits on strike in Lanes, who lobbying the Area Council, saw this as a big step forward. They later joined a demonstration of nearly 500 people in Manchester listened to miners Cortonwood, the South Wales Executive Colin Lenton, Bold NUM Licasurer. finished the rally. calling on other Lancashire miners: Don't hide behind the ballot box. Get off your knees.
The weekend before last a new peace camp was set up at Burtonwood air base. Striking miners from ort of the miners for ?
May in the Cit Centre. Sponsors local AUEW District Committees, and the communication workers' Jeff Gregory, President Bold NUM WE'VE BEEN waiting for the decision changing Le s ver cent required for strike for a long time. It's undemocratic when a minority can stop a majority going on strike.
It's wrong to have a ballot on putting yourself out of work. You can get people in collieries that are safe who can stop the rest of us who are under threat taking action.
But I think a ballot has probably got to come. Though I think should be allowed to vote surtace workers and COSA workers at the pits and no one ese Colin Lenton, Treasurer Bold NUM WE WILL win with the this week started a f2 per head levy to support us. we are Demo Sent tood parcels all the time Ine main peopic building support have been the Mancheste! District Labour Party and te support committee in Manchester through an office provided by the FTAT and there's also been help trom ine polytechnic students Preston Trades Council have given us tremendous tinancial support and are organising visits to factories for us. Even in Merseyside we've had massive support despite the high level of unemployment.
The Manchester Support Committee can be contacted c/o FTAT, Anson Rd, Victoria Park, Manchester 14.
Oldham Rally Support the Miners Friday 27 April 7.30pm Pennine Lounge, Bus Garage, Mumps. • the miners 400 PEOPLE turned out for the West Midlands TUC rally held in Birmingham on Wednesday 18 April. The main speaker was the NUM General Secretary Peter Heathfield.
ding considerable energy and resources in trying to defend the action of the miners.' He singled out the National Union ot seamen whose support he described as 'magnificent'.
hiding behind a ballot' received thunderous applause.
Coombes. one of the thirtv miners South Wales who had been in the city all day drumming up support for the strike. She explained: 'We have come up here because this is where we should be. The miners' wives should be in the front of this fight, because it we lose this fight we will never have another chance again as far as I'm concerned. Once the strength of the Miners' union has gone every other union is diminished by it.
with one mine left out of 54. In the 1920s there was 200,000 miners working there, down now to 750.
£700. It included a donation of £250 from school dinner ladies, dismissal by Birmingham's Tory Council for refusing cuts in pay and conditions.
MPs. Clare Short sent a message of support and a personal donation of £50. He saluted those trade unionist who 'are spenAttacks on the police and on those 'desirous of The wildest applause however greeted Mary wives trom 'In our little valley we have lost most factories, A collection taken at the meeting raised over 5000 of them are threatened with Other donations came from the Labour Group West Midlands County Council, and Labour "Miners'
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