A massive mood of discontent Action thoughts which playing Ken and TUC members, despite fine words. week favour of 525 8 with further strike for three days. linked to a monthly struck an Tiremen's union. A Broad Left and Redder civil servants.
The action successful.
125 if the Stuart McLellan, Challenge supporter.
Striking alongside the firelichters in far Iram his Brigade AI others. yesterday's left Jack Jones says he is 'sypinacbetic" to the äirefighters, but recommends a cor in the working week as the best way of selling the strike.
working Gil, Commonist Part general council does nothing to organise solidarity action guerrilla strikes during the action, and in Glasgow, two of the largest highest Social Security officer were on truck on Wednesday sere CPSA members rallied in Westminster Central Hall to hear speakers from La pay tise Tringe Tape OLSUBELLE was extremely CPSA militant • Socialiss in 1978 said:
There is undoubredly massive mood of discontent ovet pay. In West Scotland we DO YOL see the firefighters u a special cose? This is whoi Ronnie Robertson, vice-chairDerson ol the Sirsthevdi Committee, told Socialist Chollenge:
Personally, I would not that we are a scecial case. We have the same things people in this country: our living standards are heing reduced by successive governments' pelicies and wage restraints. The valy difference between had 96 percent of our members out. That's the of any previous industrial action. also In most areas, the action has run completely but of the exeputise's control. Er is being used as a means of demanding 'The union's executive i Unit passible so they don't have to but me can But more and more members want a claim to intinedialel in view of the fact that Pay Rescarch is nor being restored The CPSA's policy, as from last conference, is to demand that the Pay Research Unit be restored in 1978, which would and other groups we are prepared to fight Bill Craie, Scottish Region Chairperson of the FU port this way:
*The murses are as mecessary to the licensen as we are to Cher bas any alter we wu we'll be supportine che rest of the publie sector in their fight for a living wage. Not one worker will get as much as one peany over the 10 percent if the firemen are defeated, bySUELANDAL mean wage increases lor civil servants encoding 10 percent.
But that same conference recorded the highest vote against Pay Research after campaigning by the lell in the union, with over 70,000 member: voting scheme. The reason for this is sten: institutionalises law pay.
The Broad Left in the CPSA ls campaigning nationally for the demand-of an increase of E25 per week, plus further increases to meet rises in the cost of living and reductions in the socia wage. Socials Challenge supporters in the agree with and light for this demand.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 8 December, 1977 page B