ever-mounting writes MARK TURNBULL.
The conference was opened by a whole host of Labour movement officials and timeSCEYELA Stan Pemberton, president of the Transport Union, Robinson 0f the Leyland ombine committee, local NiPs Eddie Loyden and Eric Heffer were all there.
Heffer did someching which few could disagree when he prociaimed: can't really rely on MPs to fight unemployment SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 13 Aprif1978 page 4 the establishment of a council of action were the two major decisions of the Liverpool Trades Council conference on unemplosment held on Sunday.
This was the reply of over 500 delegates to the unemployment crisis in Merseyside The remark was greeted with instant applause. went on to insist: "We've worn out tbe carper Minister's other offices." The aim of these endeavours turned out to bi picas for the creation of 3 MITTE TOF SCS STOC This retlectea LIONER BOC AC CONCENCE - between those who wanted "You demands. those deputations The Communis backed resslution talked of a complete change of strategy to BAHTINUE DE BIG RISI affecting its political, socin and economic institutions.
This consisted of expanding the economy and pushing the Labour Governmen: lefrwards.
bur Heffer CONTRAST going to the In contrast, Bill Hunter of the Workens and the maintained: "The working class bus been imprisoned in wage controls and are being led into milin vicious trap The only questions that arise with this Government are how who to bind the working ciass to lobbies, and wage controls, bind them to the slump policies of the multiParty banks cautious:
Leyland economic.
very decided company Revolutionary Party passod called Union isation of mass threatened with closure.
Yer the platform conference, Derek Robinson was much He hoped delegate to would become viable producer of motor vehicles', which were the reasons that Leyland exe and another 12,000 jons in the EFFORT The final resolution that wa for nationalfirms cicaling redundancies, a programine of those public works and the setting up of action committees in plants at the conference was quite willing to give a kick in the teeth to the leadership workers at the Fashion Design pouncil, Centre whose occupation is in the lead of the fight against cbairperson Farry Williams, refusod to call on the FDC speak, and proposa that all or purt of the E350 collection de given to 1hc occupation of these clothins workers was turned down by the platform without a vole The two most postive features of the final resolution calling for the trades council to set up a council of action, and a one-day stoppage thramhout the counts May, But as these resolutions / Tendenposed by man in do Lrades every effort will be needed to ensure they are carried out successfully: theR October £250,000 exercise allowing National Front leacier Webster march through Tameside streets.
To emano thic cops are prepared to greetely. Arms and palie deal with jotetly closed down Colynuest ducing an anti-terrorist waT exercise last October, This was suppressed by the national media Terrified passers-by were amazed as the Army simpi stopped life in the communi for 12 houra Peggie CHOL herded around by the Army and warned to say in their houses Local residents who were not let in on the reasoning beand this WEr tame they had Been invaded! And they weren't far wrong After the stepping up of Anderton's achiN wecks, the International Marxist Group is calling for a fall Jabour movement enquiry into the activities of Manchester Police and for the sacking of 1 James Anderton.