Electricians must support the NUM | Socialist Action 1983

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THE FIGHT to carry out the TUC resolution supporting the miners is the centre of the NUM'S struggle for solidarity action.

In the North-west the THE Mineworkers fringe meeting tional solidarity conference.

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initiative has come from rank and file engineers and some local officials such as John Tocker, AUEW divisional organiser.

Defence Committee, established at a 700-strong Labour Briefing conference and chaired by Ken Livingstone, has called a naThe date of the conference is yet to be confirmed. The Mineworkers' Defence Committee can be b. contacted via Ken Livingstone, at County Hall, London SE1, or by ringing Paul Franklin on convenor Colman Fasteners explains: 'As a result of a resolution from our branch, the local AUEW district committees have called a meeting Salford with local NUM committees being organise, talk about, solidarity action.' for the TUC resolution In the made harder by the scabbing of EETPU leaderst Ray Sinfield, an EETPU distribution shop steward, told us: Ballot 'No one shold be surprised if the EETPU ballot comes out against supporting the miners. The union Contact, edited by an SDP member, has been attacking the NUM for months. I received a union circular headed "Why we can't Walk the NUM leadership".

"To crown it the question was "Do you support your Imagine the confusion. Who is going to against their own voTe 'But many EETPU members do support the miners. Members from my workplace in Oldham regular attenders at the local support committee.

the outpower industry locally out the will be TGWU and GMBATU, EETPU members to the Salford.'

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WHEN LABOUR PARTY conference deplored the Socialist Action 26 October 1984

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