BROAD LEFT candidate, Bob Wright, now must be favourite to win the presidency of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers.
The post becomes vacant with the imminent retirement of Hugh first ballot in the election, an tounced last week, showed Wright sainine marnally les ary Duty (83,893 to Dores: than his right wing 83,959). Bur the Brond leit should be able to make this up by the time of the second ballot in POSTAL BALLOT em ipheld by the right as the Despite the the right as the ment, only 27,3 per cent of the AUEW membership voted. This can only reflect the feelings ol large number of the rank and file who found liede to choose befailure to lend a fight for action in the ALEW SeRIAS I Of the alternatives that were on the ballot paper, Roy Frazer's vote of 19,071 came as a surprise for many. Frazer led the toolmakers strike in March was this recerd which won votes the skilled workers.
POOR But the vole of lan Morris. the Engineers Charter candidate sup ported by both Socialist Warker oor by any standards. His vot 1 9,99 was less than the 12,137 receed tor tae sectinan camp Forkers Revolutionary Part Wilkins This result was assurprising in the light of th Ongineers Charzer to the union example, no mectines were held by Birmingham, Loods despite ollers of help porters in the AUEW in these were the top five in the ballot results means that the Broad Lett can be fairly confident of victory that confident Oiber AUEW election results Lefter Ron Wright, publicly led the campaign against Scanlon's manipul ation of the engineers" vote at the 12 month rule. Nevertheless he fost on the second ballot for John Byrne by 92,383 voces to 142,647Tions the first of two ballats saw Edmund Scrivens. Another de seriously feat for the left was Harold convenor Jim Murray for EC WARNING Manthey cannor rely on the weakness of Dufty as right wing candidate io mull Bob Wiicht throuch tbe second Presidential ballor. picture. Broad unlike back Morris ALEW.
member Te DYER and lile militaris who supporters in the the March ballot and as step build in Birmingham.
Wright's campaign contaloed a credibility gap as wide as the distance between his left talking isainst the Socal Caniract and his lailure to support the strug gles which were doing that job in Thai was why it was correct lo as an alternative socia st candidate Morns Boo vote does not reflect the unwilLingness of the membership to of the Socialist Workers Party (of which Morris is a member) to broad based fighting tendency in the Wright shoold now be able to comunand enough votes in the second ballor to make sure thar al least one tirin supporter of wage restraint rises no higher in AUEW office. His verbal opposition to the policies of the Labour will henefit rank want to Sociais Challenge calis on al iss This reason campaign for Wright in November National Broad Left Confercoce at Digbeth Civic Hall BOB WRIGHT
SAVING lives, "protecting the sick and old', these being forced as the last resort to put their own lives SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 10 November Page 5
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