THE breakaway union must be defeated. Striking Notts miners will be in the forefront of the fight against Spencerism.
BOWER of the South Notts strike committee for his personal views.
THE move to change the constitution of the Notts area is backed by extreme right wing organisations who began to hatch a plot form breakaway union in Notts. Spencer lives again!
You have officials who have reached the highest point OT career area level and want to go further and run the whole show from Notts. Rule 51 is the national rule they oppose most avidly.
It makes provision for disciplinary committee of national officials and rank and file members to members areas that break the rules.
ths ago but it is only now that Notts officials call for its removal.
The rule changes created the debate about expelling the scabs. The Notts totally against national policy and the national rule book. We want a National Union of Miners not a Notts WorkTHREAT to the NUM from the Notts Socialist Action spoke to MARTYN have immense from the pressure police. the courts etc. We now have the education the ability much stronger NUM in Notts.
We'll welcome men who have gone back into work into the NUM with open We hope they'll come back out but all we ask of them is to recognise the NOVI refuse the breakaway union.
we were w ask even miner crossing picket lines do vou sun want to be the NUM?' 90 per cent would say yes. But in bran ches and at area level this sulloic is ruled out of order. allowed to put this question in Notts.
The split will be welcome TOT the strikers Notts. We won't have to accept right wing policies being imposca on us al unis moment by the area.
In the new NUM in Notts we'll produce regular local newsletters to distribute to all the miners in ine area. Most people here don't even get to see Miner, Decise pit delegates can't bothered to pick it up from the area offices.
We don't intend to let the grass grow under our feet as we did in the past. The rank and file want to involved in organisation and we more aware now of what want to achieve through the union.
Organising the Labour Party is a sound investment for striking miners and their families.
We have to get away from the present situation wiere le has a very weak leaderexists at local leve problem ship. The same Its not only the unions but the Labour Party itself that we have to educate to acuve Toe industrial disputes. We hope the ties we've made through the with other political groups and working organisations and especially internationally will be kept up links will not broken when the strike is UVCI What we have to do is educate, agitate, : Coal shall not move ROY BUTLIN, Coalville NUR, recieved a standing ovation for his speech at Hackney Town Hall at the end of the 17 January rail protest at the harassment Leicester depot which was not called Vasscuise out almost came to a halt because no trains PhotoS GM COOKSON Sam Reed manager Derby, drove with his head bowed. The wives of the Dirty 1 30 pick-