DESPITE the delay in the power unions decision on solidarity with the miners strike, at a local level the NUM in many areas has taken the initiative in discussing action.
not dragging their feet in implementing solidarity.
South Wales the main power station, Aberhas run out of coal LaW. and is not handling scab supplies. There 24-hour NUM picket on the plant and no scab coal has crossed.
In the North-west, Fiddiers Ferry in Merseyside is the largest power station.
Workers there have decided to refuse to move coal.
Shop stewares the power station in collaboration with Bold NUM, have also now the smaller Bold power statior And many power station workers are certainly to refuse to handle scab coal.
in the North west are looking to similar this week when SUCCESS they meet with workers from the Westwood power station in Wigan.
On pickets visited miners' pickets Carrington power station licat meeting this week Hass will deciae on luluic al tion there. On Tuesday morning lillials picketted Padiham power again near Manslalloll. chester.
this kind of organisation at the local ОБРО STEPHE IN Be regional level, building direct links between the striking pits and the shop stewards power stations, can overcome the shillyshallying of the ships.
The government knows that once cuts start it will suffer defeat tremendous HIUl di in the strike. And all commenlalors agree lne lighils will start to go out within the next 2 to 3 months.
of areas electricity supplies almost entirely being channelled in from other sections of the national grid If power. cuts are to avoided, coal will have to be moved. The attitude of power station workers to Inis scab coal will be kcy.
Trying to reach agreement with unions ike the EETPU that de### Chevron fend the could take months - it it is possible at all. So unions and plant leaderships that dc port the miners should get moving now without waiting national agreement.
that includes the EEPTU who are ted up with the scab reputation of the own With the TUC resolution them, there is no reason Hammond's words at the TUC attacking the NUM should be the only policy pursued in the union.
The experience at Didstation in Oxcot ford shows that power staworkers locally will organise support the miners. This should be the priority aim COCO LATER US NOW LATER