HUGH SCANLON retires president of the Engineering Section Union of Engineering Workers next year. The postal ballot to select a new president open up a big political tight within the union. mandate Already the employers' organisations and the press are promise preparing an extensive campPaign in support of the moderate' candidate. The right wing trade union pressure Truemid has started Labour ting leaflets calling for port for the likely candidate of flagrantly the right, John Boyd, who is currently general secretary.
The favourite to run against Boyd from the Broad Left is the assistant general secretary allegation that it elect, SUD selection is to take place dra meeting in Birmingham on 6 reoruary. national meeting of 'progressivesinne Wright's words. of black discussed is the production of La new Broad Left paper to be called Engineering Bulletin At must be odds-on to win the election. They will inevitably have the full weight of the capitalist press behind them, while the record of himself in Contract is "VIC But boost.
burFAILED For over two years now the Broad Left has failed to launch one significant fight against the present right wing domincreated ation in the union. reasserted either supported the policies tried to avoid the question of the Social narrow circles clearly me creative Committee been re-establishment of the right in the AUEW and material defeats for the rank and mile over jobs and living standards. This is why the precondition for a successful against the right is an election attempted campaign which fights for opposition to tract. But, ments made by Bob Wright, it would appear that the leadership of deliberately this issue. Instead, in asking support for the conference on 6 February, Wright calls for opposition to the erosion of democracy in the union. lucds centring on unis from militants that ot ine Amalgamatec will tomatic turns.
Engineering wroatsneet circulasup another ly as Bob Wright. The final will union', to USC Also to be moment the right Scanion supporting another MOSS EVANS They have Labour Government today ballot is over.
Scanion supports the Social Contract as firmly as Boyd and that the Broad Left has not dissociated itself from Scan1o The decision to bring out WILC Engineering Bulletin is sympof such twists and First they Voice to start Now this Hids been dropped in favour of yet another paper. This is not an that attempt to establish a serious rank and file paper, but simply electioneering stunt supporters to aid the wright campaign which will disappear as quickBroadsheet when the AUEW].
It is therefore important that all militants attend the conferBirmingham on February to demand a break policies of capitulation to the right wing. means a fight not only in the election campaign, but in the and factories around current pay claims. through the use of the industrial power of the rank and file anti-working class policies of the Labour Govern. ment can be reversed and.their -Ine JOHN GRAHAM [Birmingham