"DON'T PROTECT ME PLEASE the Bullock Report. Jenkins, general secretary of the union, is celebrating 30 service with the union as an wholet his members gate-crash the planks of bis 'alternative economConference also overwhelmingly passed a motion calling for an immediatereturn to free collective Jenkins" batiering by delegates started on Saturday when three to two majority delegates voted down a resolution supporting the 'basic principle of the Hallock repart in favour of Wakefield motion moved by delegates calling for workers But in an about-turn on Sunday delegates supported the appeals of the more conservative insurance members in favour of the policy that the union should not support any proposals to nationalise the finance industry unless members in that indusiry approved. resolution was carried by 502 to 346 votes.
The Executive made sure that the motion passed by caving in to the insurance and hanking delegates who referred several times to ASTMS. leaders responded with an ambiguous summing up to the debate.
Many delegates saw this as the principle factor in the union not only losing its past policy in favour of the principle of nationalisation, bur also appearing to concede the right of majority decision making in the union.
The massive endorsement of the - that was Clive Jenkin's plea to Len Weels, President of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs as he was beckled in the union's Eastbourne conference debate on Executive's policy for an end to incomes policy was expected, But due to the arrangement or Ene agenda, delegates were unable to discuss the policies Lot wuda to Dress under tree concene bur One casualty was the policy of Edinburgh insurance which called foraminimum wage of E50 a week linked to the cost of living index and a 35-hour week.
lo an earlier debate the Executive was attacked for their failure to mount more than a verbal offensive against pay restraint.
reply to a delegate from Smiths Industries, who had been locked our over a claim for shift allowances and refused support from the Executive, Clive Jenkins stated that 'we are not kamikaze pilots' So of course Clive gave ne indication of how be would sink Phase 3 if it was introduced.
THE EXTENSION of the on incomes policy denied delegutes the opportu micy to diseuss the witch hunt that has been waged againer opposition in the union to the compaign endangering the speech, by existence of Socialist Worker.
As part of this campaign 27 Juil time officiats of the union were referred to on lavestigasing committe for speaking Two will face charges alongside lay-members for 'crime' of distributing appeal sheets against the victimsarion of the socialist press.