Taylors Lane (Close to North Circular, off Brentfield Road) ruthless attack on trade union rights ever to be attempted by a government in the last 50 years.
following its implement the decisions of the conterence.
The battle for solidarity with the miners in the movement sharpening The NUM delegates made their view 'bosses COlTEs 'bosses laws' crystal clear Mondav 3 Decembe when they voted to 139 to 80 to continue to defy the courts' ruling that their strike was unofficial Arthur Scargill, speaking the next day in Barnsley, went onto the offensive against the centre and right-wing of the labour To wild applause he said that the time for 'mealie-mouthed' resolutions was over. "They can oil rece vers ll. they Cal put sequestrators in, they can smear us and they can attack us. But there is one thing for certain. Provided we stand firmly together this union is on its way to the greatest victory history.
Arthur Scargill went from this rally to a meeting with Neil Kinnock. . неге. Tony Benn, Dennis SkinJIC. Audrey Wise made it clear what sort of response they thought was necessary to delend democratic rights against such an attack, calling for general action in support of the NUM not to change his tune however. He continued to denounce VINeTCa and said that a general strike was a diversion from putting the case for coal. THE ATTEMPT by the courts to effectively deprive the NUM of their elected executive is the most The tasks of the solidarity movement become more burning than ever. The Mineworkers Defence Committee, meeting last Wednesday in County Hall successful conference the previous weekend, took this into consideration in moving to At the TUC Scargil!
fuc and Labour Party and Labour leaders are still using the excuse of not coming into contlict with the law back out of supporting the miners in any solid way.
It's clear that the lefiwing the movement has to sharpen its attack on the right still further to ensure that the goods delivered and the strike is won.
The absolutely number guidelines power The stallulls resolution not only said that workers should refuse to handle coal Dut ina they should also only acсері normal supplies oi As coal supplies have been used up oil has been substituted. In some power stations double the amount of oil has been used. This is how the Centra Electricity Generating Dualu hopes tc avor power cut If TUC policy was implemented starens, do the letter, the power the Tories would be on the TUll In London the South East Region of the TUC is organising mass pickets at the MPs nave v cusc. themselves to attend the Nedste! picket = December and are callin on others to follow. suc mass pickets need to be built at everv major power station in the country.
Secondly, given the courageous stand of the NUM, in defying the courts and risking all their union assets in the cause of the battle for jobs and the defence of trade union rights, the solidarity movement has to take a politica initiative to show that the NUM is not acting only for its own members but for the entire ment.
Demo This nicals demonstrating that support on the streets of London. Discussions are now tak. Nu Place oetweet the the solidarity HOYCMCSE the regional TUCs and the Campaign group of MPs to set a date for such a national event.
Such a protest coupled of TUC oecs ons really begin to push for ward the campaign for in dustrial action that Scargill has called for Thirdly it is vital that the fight is waged across the movement. 1 ne has been weakened in the uno movener ove last five years challenge leaders like Basnett, who .not fighting for these policies be implemented, it is vital that a clear lead is given now. The NUM is in the best position to push this process forward
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