Weekly have never been good friends. But we absolutely supported last week's decision by the Union of Post Office Workers to black South African mail and phone links.
Now UPW has forced to back down before a High Court decision. It looks as if we have just lost our right to strike', said Jackson.
He was absolutely right. It is the right -LO take industrial action which is being threatened. This makes it all the more shameful that Jackson and his UPW leaders have decided not to defy the courts.
But there is a lot behind the High Court ruling.
* By allowing the appeal of the right-wing National Association For Freedom against UPW, the courts have created a precedent for this obnoxious bosses' outfit to attack workers whenever COUSCS The NAFF has already provoked a parliamentary debate which has led to the calling off of a UPW black in support of the Grunwick strikers. It might seem that the NAFF has got it in for black workers - Tirst at Grunwick and now in South Africa.
That it is true, but they are attacking movement as a whole. NAFF claims it would take the same action if the black was on the USSR. Who are they trying to kid?
* If the TUC had organised a serious boycott of Africa this week by the entire trade union movement The call by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions was pretty limp to start off with. They described it as *token industrial action'. much more than that is needed been to support the struggle of black people against the racist apartheid regime.
Even a week of effective boycott would have start. Jack Jones, was only prepared to call for workers to 'impede and harass' South African goods ever that means. And the TUC leaflet on the boycott is nothing short of scandalous:
'British business, RECTO in South Africa, trading with handling and dealing in South ProduCts, lose if matters are not put right and quickly.
But Since when has it been up to British workers business interests in South Africa? Britain is the top trader WIEN Britain exported f684 million been a in goods alone to South Afrihowever, ca. British capitalists are doing very nicely out of the blood of African workers.
In the week been exposed in its arms deals Vorster and Times report indicates the opinvesting position of British employers to black trade unions, it is the DETAINFES capitalists interests.
stands to protect - in 1975 Paign in Labour Party. that ICI has step towards right of Sunday and brothers.
The record of the Labour Ine result Government is even worse. They have ignored conference resolution 44 which demanded the end of British investment in was South Africa. For example, they have given Marconi an export license for an important defence sale to South Africa.
The only way to stop this collaboration is a mass campand This can be a ACAS defending British support their African sisters This is why Red Weekly urges all its readers to support of union membership at Grunwick and the black was lited penaing That was three months ago and last week the Grunwick striLa further when the ACAS announced that it Ited delaying its announcement whether to recommend rec.
by yet another works delay will have two effects on the strike. First, it will rein•orce wnat was areso ine sir kers position - that, as • the irco strike showed, there is little to be bodies that As the Secretary demonstration called by the Anti-Apartheid Movement in London on 6 March, demand the end of all collabers should As or Ine Grunwick themselves, they have not become demoralised in the 21 weeks successful and spir last Friday cemonstraton were ainco del ecation encouraged Grunwick workers reporting that thanks to their successfu struggle Trico was now nearly 100 movement to ensure tha Grunwick becomes another Trico that no faith is placed in tribunals.
oration with apartheid. We must fight for all trade union and Labour Party organisations to support this action.
prisingly, the abortion dem-