THE 2000 DELEGATES, representing 700,000 members, who met in victory when they collected £32,000 for the miners.
£25,000 to the miners' strike from national funds, and decided inside to match pound-for-pound a collection taken at conference. delegates, and now £64.000 will go to the NUM.
Solidarity was also extended the sacked NUPE cleaners at Barking Hosma we conrerence sent a unanimous message of support to NUPE's day of action and instructed the NEC coordinate action by ALGO members But the on Training Schemes saw a defeat which wasn't reversed. Previous policy refusing approve YTS schemes unless they paid £52 per week watered down when the restecuon was dropped this year.
For the third year running, despite improved black vi rallisaliul members, the resolution on fighting racism the was defeated. But delegates voted for a day of action on 4 July in support of Muhammad Idrish, black member facing deportation.
Some gains resulted from the left organising during the last year: mos notably the fight against nrvau onaneores bian gay rights. NALUU has lilc beginnings of a national strategy to fight privatisation.
NALGO will now endorse industrial action which is unlawful as a result of the employment and abolition laws. The general secretary John DaIv, aided the left by refusing to give any explanation or apology for his part in the TUC sell out of the NGA and delegates voted severely criticise his role.
Surpisingly NALGO's
Brighton last week for NALGO's annual conference turned a defeat into Conference rejected an amendment to donate This set a target for oun polic! now includes suppor: tor councils engaged in deficit budgeting. But each branch still has to fight alone.
branch secretary Newham NALGO (pers cap)
in some branches, par ticularly those with Tor employers, this lack district and national support has meant little actons to protect johs and services. However ower Hamlets NALGO IS Tenuy takile duac lulc all out strike action against the Labour council's attempts to victimise library workers taking action against closures.
If NALGO is to successfully protect public sector jobs and services the left need to organise around action and policies and to gain control of the must alsa organise in lne Attempts to organise a national Broad Left over ine last years have progressed slowly: Many members fear that it would be a front for Militani (who made no real intervention the Communist Party (who distinguished themselves by arguing against instructing members not to cooperate with abolition, and in tavour of a secret ballots to decide).
The lett must organise to support Tower Hamlets and Liverpool and, longer-term, to develop a strategy Vi laluldi aclivl arallısı Tory attacks on the public SOLLUl e apo comins 10. oranise are coming up.
CIAL deleglocal ates meet to discuss pay Later in the vear there will be meting supported by the Wandsworth, Bury Westminster branches In the autumn, a broad left conference to hammer out policies and action, and to seriously organise around elections, will be held. All NALGO activists should attend.
The NALGO left kicking. But without national organisaton ana a voice in tne Labour Party it will not be strong enough to swing the union into action. Photo: GM COOKSON
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