centuries have been acal points in the history of our Grunwick is one of There are those in our moveconfined to a North London flim Inboratory. Theyare ether deli beratels delnd.
the movement or they g in cloud cuckoo land What is taking place at tha significant North London Inb oratory is part of the whole class truggle, and the right wing of movement is doing ita best to the efforts that have bees put forward over the last 14 souths to bring that struggle to a At every step there has been tempt after attempt to dampen sruggle which has been put forward by he Gruswick strike committee nu sections ol the trade union movement. There are fundamenal issues at stake There is the right of any man or woman to belong to a trade mion of his or her choice. The right of the working class - not Just one union — to participate n militant picketing. and to de so without the fear of intimidation by the police.
There is the basic right of adividuals to communicate information to those going work, or those who are bringing services of goods into that piace of work:
Break-neck But at Gruowick there has been a deliberate campaign on the part of the authorities physically prevent people particiaring in the picket line in an elTective way. 1 ask the question:
communicate with someone going into a factory if the authoritplaced in a car or bus and driven ue break-neck speed through the All this is not new. It happened during the miners" scrikes in in mass action by miners and other sections of the movement to ensure that picketing could take place; to impress upon those WO 1 18185) hould join the dispute and nol part of a sabotage operation. People argue, yes you have the right to picket provided you do it within the framework of the law What in effect they mean is that you have the right to picker provided it ian't effective. You never bear anyone criticise picketing until it becomes effective.
Do not be tooled. ComT80t by those in the movement who arearguing for changes in the law. Wice they talk abou changine the law on picketing whar they both those in the Tor ranks and traRicas some DI those within our own movement • are changes which will result in Ineffective picketing.
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Appointments, Thave heard a lot of comments this week about the Prime Minister's speech. In the main it was a nockabout, clection type speech were two caused me deep concero to One was a call for a lurther year of wage restraint; but there aspect of the speech. It was a section that was not widely in the press, but it ought o cause concern to every ma ad woman in the British labor movement.
Police powers Callaghan sasd we have to take accessary stepe to give further powers to the police in dealing wills certain simations. While he didn't specifically mention Grunwick 1 think the inference was Your statement when he said in bearing in mind bis Scotland that we should back our ponce cven on poons wier chey are wrong. My arrest was sunsequencis proved to arane. hur it would he justified hy that sort of statement.
There are those who believe we can have an amicable and easy Solution to urunwick, enore are in our movement believe the quicker we can get out it means cutting our losses. Bur if we are deleated at Grunwick it is North London workers — it 3s R terrible defeat for the whale of 1 cannot for the life of me understand the problem.
claims 11 million members in the TUC find it difficut to bring this dispute to a successful dusion?
Why can't we say organise a ionss picket people a day outside the Grunwick factory? Tbe bions words which were meeting of the TUC HUL We ought to see Counci of the TUC marching WARNING PROTECTED of that 10,000 picket Anyone would think the move ment wouldn't resnond. But Es is amazing the response there bas sen in the light of the attempts to dampea down tbe enthusiasm aspects that and co-operation.
The decision to hold a mas TUC bur by the Yorkshire anc South Wales areas ian a Union of Mintworkers And It was a direct and deliberate reported decision by the TUC and APEX to draw people away from picket by waging a demonstratineffective round North London.
Two hours l they tried to persuade me not to join the picket line. Well, I think that I have a greater obligation to this class and this movement thai be deplayed in 'an bonourable way'
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Labour Party do not of the natthat can be dobe Taff supplies the marching this movement has at th consider an obligation movement.
The thing we should have applaud We are Involved in 1 That's the reason peo The tragedy is chat the trade union movement and the seem :10 recognition? realise the coormous significano There are a number of things First we have to aL upon the TUC to organise to water, dectricity and completely and demonstrate chat have to nsk APEX to Remembe Gruwick 1s can involve NAFF and all that goes with it, then surdly APEX to involve wider sectioas of the trade uns Thirdly: Why in it that the Government finds it difficult to nacionalise this firm take it over completely? And If the find that a lictle too socialist, why dan't they introduce retrospec be that nose of these things will come abou of the reluctance on the part of the trade union movement and ebe Labour Party to invalve itsell in the measures I have mentior In these circumstances grass roots movement to demonstrate this: a defeat defea mavement. A defen ed as it has been these last 13 months by the pressure of wide sections of the movement, would set back the trade union cause hat eure Te wore ein worst mistak: unyon coule make.
this movement to and Labour Party movement will not hecome involved, then it's necessary for a grass roots reactThat way we'Il say goodbye 1 Ward, goodbye to the Nat ional Association for Freedom, and we'll bring a deserved victory for tbose magnificant who struggled for moeths, nod 1 think 14 Next week Socialist Challenge will Jeanure an exclusive interview with Arthur Scargill.
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