LAST SEPTEMBER, as a result of disagreements over several issues with Communist Party members on the London Joint Sites, which is also the London Building Workers Charter group, a number of building workers decided to set up a London Building Workers Rank and File Committee and to produce a bulletin.
Inicially four duplicated pages priced 2p, we progressed to a four-page printed paper comin latest issue (ao. 7) has Increased to cight pages at 5p.
At present the editorint board is based in Landon, although salles and articles for the paper are comine Iron severa Dars of . At a conferenos to be beld in London on 1 Octobe we hone to be able to lo lay th base for a national buikling workers" rank and file organisa The agenda will include the election of an editorial board and ment "What we stand for which was produced Iby the London Building Workers' Committa Entrance to this conterence wil will voted be by a union card Further details will be announced late Here ane iost & lew topics that have been dealt with in previous Issues of the paper.
AS THE ECONOMIC crisis worsens it is essential for build ing workers to be able to fight ALLE DEI DETER industry is dificult to organise but with an unemployment rate other industry, making almost a building workers unemployed, the prob The Communist Party, which among building workers, is in a state of confusion. The Bullding pust was responsible for the surg of militancy in the late "60s anc 170%, has. anly appeare twice in twelve month This is due to the CP policy o : union leadership in the industry looking to the Tory-controlled councils to take wark away from direct labour departments and hand it over to private contract Already Birmingham has an sounced that their direct works wil heshorand this wilb followed by other Tory council enger to hand out contracts in the bame of Masonic solidarity.
BLACKLISTING
NOW THERE is no longer a abour shortage, employers ca take more time on the hiring o workers and the blacklist can be more effectively applied Birmingham Counci was anle to sack ment. After going through th industrial tribonals machiner Mr Justice Kalner-Brown uphek the right to victimise trade un descris de aces onists for active, justifiable embargo against his (Beyer's) employment resulting from his (union) activites'. Only • decasualisarion scheme con trolled by the unions will elimin ate the blacklisting of active trade unionists.
THELUMP
THE introduction tighter tax regulations this year although the increasing unem noyment in ine industry Played a part also. Certainly little or no credit can be claimed by the trade union lendership.
The eminlovers however have still retained the system of sub contracting with only a handfal contractor. On a number of site in has become extremely dificult to organise workers split up umong half a dozen subbies, so that a demand for direct em with the main con O CERIE Tracter starting on the basic things such as wager and conditions.
For the price of ip you can b the proud orner of all the issue plus a policy statement and briel account as to why we lef the London Joint Sites and thi Ballding Workers Charter. •Or ders, articles, and donations to 19 Red Pos Hill, London, SE24 * London UCATT shop stewards met on 21 Jose und pat eu the call to local anthority build Ing workers to down 100l el Пу To cute in direct ator prote departicents.
been workers employed balding 5 Jaly, Manchester counci workers are assembling if the Mancunlan Way, Orfor Road, at 12,30pm the sume de They will be marching in