Left gains in AUEW elections | Socialist Action 1983

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for a long struggle.

Solidarity, moral and financial, will be key to the dispute. BSC transfering work to outside contractors and this THE SUPREME votes.

In his pre-conference address. president Terry Dutty spelt out-his backing for the Party right wing. He made Labour leadership and to strong appeal to the Michael Foot to ditch Labour Party policy on disarmament adopt instead multilateral approacn lo nuclear weapon reduction.

He forcetullv invited the national committee to overturn the union's long standing opposition to incomes policy, 'It. was our failure to talk on wages that lost us the last election. It is absolutely vital making body of the that there is a partnership between the next Labour government and the trade movement' Ulliv! argued.

By a Manchester AUEW branch secretary The 52 delegates at the national committee divided Duffy's favour against the Broad Left to support the Labour Party proposal for national economic assessment, including on Wasco Only on the Common Market was Duffy seriously defeated. The Committe rejected his proposal for a the EEC anne caucu instead for firm manifesto to withco mull cill drawal.

This followed Duffy motivating the proposal by saying: 'In the event of a hung parliament Labour will not be able to work with the SDP-Liberal Alliance unless we agree to on the The Committee also took a firmer stand than Calit Duffy with the employers in 1979 which left hours out of the national claim. he ivent for a vague foamulation on hours alongside a vague demand for a substantial money Increase. Jimmy Airlie But the committee voted tor a specific demand of a 35 hour week, for 6 weeks holiday, for earlier retirement reduction in l Overlill It wil take a mammoth effort to translate these policies into effective campaign of industrial action. But the mood for change is building up from below. This is shown in the election for the seven person national executive committee Communist memoe Jimmy Airlie, remembered for his PCS shipyard in Scotland positior for Scotland and North West WUL England.