the links between women's jobs healthcare and their fight East London.
South East London Greenham Women assenolns Peckham Rye to cover the A creche will be provided. ATAnooR mev move ollu Newham. Newham and NALGO are organising lunchtime rally leafletting hospitals about coverine civil acicule ca penditure.
NALGO has voted to strike on lnal day. * Camden. Camden Labour women are planning to leaflet Euston station at 1lam where the North London line carries the nuclear waste across London They are to be joinea by tne Lon North Central branch of the POEU who are sendine represerves o joll them. They hope to greet the the workshops SO WICHI Manchester who will be protesting that day against the Serpell •roposaIs report. _LaDour women plan to join planned Islington. * Islington. Islington Party women the North London Greenham Women will be setting up a peace camp Highburv corner, where the North London line carrying nuclear waste also travels followed by a peace picnic in Highburv Fields. Men are asked to support with the creche, the picnic and will he welcome to support the march, allowing women to lead it. National unions supporting. * NALGO strike action being looked upon favourably national executive Camden. IsIington discussing action. Poster stickers have Nanonal executive taking similar attitude to NALGO Information being circulated to branches.
NUR Information being circulatea delegations, promised for a peace train. along North London line goes ahead * ASTMS Information beI ATE Local branches •considering action and information being circulated raising day of action from at national Dlallull Terence. no macon benne circulated delegates. Greenham Women speak111g fringe Scarborough. 5.45 Monday * Othel unions who have contacted the Greenham office include the London region of the lad who are organising three coaches to visit Greenham on Sunday Ring Fred Higgs 10II 81-1 14 418/ TOT derals. Kings Cross and Westham NUR are sending greetings on ine cav ano so are several branches of the POEU on a special green Women Telecoms postcard more normanor special unior. leaflet and national poster Ofcomoci me greennam fice, 5 Leonard Street, London EC3 Tel 01-251 3133. THE FOUR WEEKS to the general election mark the best and possibly the last chance for CND to stop the missiles in '83. While CND has correctly not tied stop the cruise missiles is the Labour Party.
There have been worrying signs that this is not understood in reaches of Some have inaicated unal has to anticipate a Labour defeat find with both the Parti the SDP/Liberal Alliance.
There has also been a reluctance some quarters for leading CND figures, in particular Bruce movement conferences have begun to highlight the need to take into the unions. Conferences have already taken Kent, to speak on the same platform as Labour candidates without candidates from all other parties be ing present.
This is a self-defeating and conservative attitude.
should welcome participation on any platform to explain their policies of but in particular it should withdrawal demand to have a speaker place in Brent and East London and others are scheduled in South London 21 May and Greater Manchester on AM our Party platform. single relevant Let us just recall what a second term of Thatcher would bring us:
oi our existing nuclear weapons and the 100 or so American bases in this country • the stationing of cruise missiles Greenham Common and other bases from December 1983 • the introduction of a new generation of nuclear missiles with its current estimated cost of over f10 billion Neither is the Alliance any alternative. In an article in last Monday's GuarThe East London conference two weeks ago attracted over 100 delegates over -unions, Labour Parties and CND groups. Jo Richardson MP, opening COl ference, said that the issue of cruise missiles should be central in the coming general election.
A striking London docker tol members, "Job: Bombs" must be at the neart of the message tha takes to workers defending their living standards and jobs.' The need for CND to develop their links with the unions was emphasised by dian Wayland Kennet of the SDP explained that the main theme of nIs dual kee on the cruise on the missiles But as Tony Benn has observed if there's one thing more frightening than with the only finger on the trigger. it's Reagan and Thatcher CND must seize the opportunity of the election (peace canvass se press its of CND can be used to build sup port for the meetings and demonstrations will be held in every town by B! Dodie Weppler (NI R Jenny Edwards, the trade union organiser of CND She revealed that out of 1000 CND groups less than 10 per cent, have had trade union committees Reports in workshops Brigade members showed what reponse CND could get in the workplaces.
decided that the most urgent tas the tabour movement tir labour movement Disarmament on 24 May, the Greenham Common Women's supCND to build the cam paign against the missiles.
The Mament 2 May will will Halical be a national TOCUS OI activists make their the election.
'Jobs not Bombs' contingents can be formed b CND on th monster march against unemployment in London • at the end of the Peoples March.
• For a Labour victory! • Stop the missiles in '83! London Hospital in East outside London to highlight the links between welfare cuts and arms expenditure.
Delegates also agreed to return to their branches get the TUC moving on its decision COOl dinate European-wide ac tion on Hiroshima Day 6 August • Since the conference two NUR branches have decided to send greeting the IWDD rally Trafalgar Square on
Socialist Action 13 May 1983 TWO DAYS before That-
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itself to one party's fortunes, CND leaders have a responsiblity to explain that the only party that will