pulsory postal ballots for elections to the prinicipal executive committees of on strike, Was taken This amendment introduced by a strange alliance of right wingers, SDP other Some Labers ne, sa ali ones, some Labour peers, led by Lord Beloff of the Economist. As the bill stood originally, possible to have a workplace Dallot, argue it wasn't possible to have a branch ballot. ecutive.
government's position is unclear:
have neither welcomed it nor said they will write this amendment out of the bill.
That's the first change. The second that the government closed? itself is introducing Lords' amendment in the Lords to deal with industrial action.
In the original, union in the context of anyway. an official strike had to 1982 hold a ballot in order to be protected by the immunities granted under the 1906 Trades Disputes legislation. Holding the ballot is sufficient, the isn't result doesn't matter!
In the context of the acts. miners suake. and uluci pressure its own hack benchers and trom the Alliance, the govern- earlier allennole new piece strengthen the bill so that immunities only apply to difference official strikes called after majority of you've members participating in ship, the ballot have voted in conviction, Ton. The Originally, the government was trying to force unions into a ballot that the in the belief that a majority of members would It's vote against mansenal action. They felt that was ped the su'"The NUM's struggle started ano continues as The deciexample In 1981-82 geological rather the defined Employment by imthrough this if the leaderToe '82 that the have stoptaking fusi dreds of could be SUDOUL.
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Socialist Action 6 July 1984