THE FIRST Divisional conference ever held by the Technical and Supervisory Staff section of the union scheduled for 11 March.
from Leeds TASS argues it will be an opportunity to take stock of the union's policies.
And at least on two counts, he maintains, the anion has good policies: against wage restraint, and for women's right to abortion.
Whenever the union's executive has given a lead, the membership responded tremendously. When TASS fought a long and hard strike against victimisation at Hopkinson's firm in Huddersfield, the EC was able to harness woo members Belund its call for boycott, collections, CLUE CULO is The need to link up in active SODDHEY WIN OCOCE WOEKCTS 1S especially important returned to work la defeat. And permanent wage restraiat imposed by tbe Goverment 1s yanchEns a political campaign aimed at educating and organising our memhers. Atthe endof Phase 2 this kind of step was taken, but much more needs to be done today.
From this year's conference we muse take our policies back Into the membership translate then into actions. We need GETABE leadership of the union call on national LTLE supported the LCDTU, Now is organise a co-ordinated fightAnd the gains we have made in involving women in union over the past years will strengthen the fishthuck. have now introduced an equal pay campaign; our women's committees are regularly: women only have led to a much greater involvement of women at all levels of the union Much remains to be done especially because for she last three yeurs the rights of this group of members has been directly threatened by proposed restrictions on abortion rights This presents, us challenge. Can we defend our and members entire membership behind this Light? If we are successful, we can be certain that it will lead to an even greater participation of today. our women members.
The continued growth of the National Abortion Campaign whose activities we have policy. continually augers well for the future. But we need to promote the ideas and activities of the campaign amongst more than tbe membership as a whole: in the factories and in the offices. The stakes have boen raised by the Government. We can only face them if our union is and prepare for a Fightback Che won lo policies that tbe Conference on ll March will give us the opportunity lo begin to organise to do just that.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 2 March 1978 page 7