TWO REGIONAL TUC's have now given their backing to the call for labour movement action in TUC.
Unions is also going ahead with its call for a national demonstration in support of the NUM on Sunday 24 February.
London coss an Tilbury power station (Essex). on Freeman of the London branch Cot arntworkers SOGAT, that Fleet Street was likely to stop work on 11 February.
Ivan Beavis, from the Metropolitan district of said gover mis members, said members would be asked to strike in : own halls that day.
The South East Region TUC's leaflet advertising the day of action says "The NUM urgently quested that unions take sympathetic action in support of their dispute order to force the NCB the negotiating ¡able.' In Yorkshire Humberside 67,000 members of NALGO have lines on 11 February and to donate a half days pay to miners' hardship funds In Scotland on Friday January around the 'negotiate Hicass now' the Scottish TUC is calling a demonstration in Inland o monuls to.
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Europe £17: Air Mail C:+ for multi-reader mstions Name Address Please send me as speciai offer Peristered as a newsnaner with the Post Office Pablished by Cardinal Enterprises, PO Box 50, London N1. The Liaison Committee for the Defence of Trade of the NUM assembling in Blythswood Square, Glasgow at 11.30 am to lobby George Younger, Secretarv of State for Scotland.
Members of the NUR are expected to come on the The North West TUC tion jointly with Manchester Citv Council linking support for the miners with the TUC's democracy week OI action around defence of the cities.
Greater
has now established a co-"". ordinating committee of shop stewards to plan action in support of the miners.
They aim to win more subDUll DOWCI workers as well as building the LCDTU-called February.
Given the offensive the NCB and the Tories waging against une Num every single action in support or the miners at the present time is vital and SUBSCRIBE I enclose cheque/PO payable to Socialist Action for £ .... sendin: Socialist Action Subs. 328 Upper Se. London N/ 2XP should be built by solidarity activists.
But the fragmented character of these 10itiatives is testimony to the the key force behind these inLauver the British Communist Party.
This organisation responsible for a decision of the LCDTU on Saturday 12 January to simply call Sunday march in support of the miners on 24 February.
Eric Clarke, NUM She and was reared int just before this conference callaction on 20 February At the when it was clear that the proposed was on Sunday rather than a weekday many of the speakers urged the con ference to adopt pro*posal for industrial action.
of them, Dave Temple of the Durhan •„Mechanics, urged " amendment on these lines.
The platform just ignored the proposal.
vital that the movement rallies round the miners now. • February gained industrial support.
"The CP wishes to contine it to regional action.
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