THE LOCAL League badges.
THE THAL • Government the The staff involved - soled lu dets turned up including Tully that is that. It will be carried out.
- I am opposed to the political neutrality' that is enforced on civil servants, curtailing almost any public political activities. I think the left national executive will face an assault two fronts. this from the hill-time officials who already have a stranglehold on membership tbrough their rigid committe — a body which has exchange Holloway. North London, Is threatening to lock out any of its workers who wear And Nazi warning came on Friday when management in the shape of benefit manager Ms Wolsey said that the lour or five members of her staff who were wearing the barges would he sissmended at the heeinninu of this week memhers of the CPSA the ban. When Mo Wobses Monday morning she was confronted hy 15 members of her statf wearing the badges of the AN and a 30-strong picket staged by the Islington Anti Nazi Leagne.
As Socialist Challenge went to press the tbreatened suspensions had not yet heen curried oul, hul a spokesperson at the Departeens of Employment said: "If a ruling has been made, Apparently the suspensions were threarened action. This all officials. on the First, aiming to execulive from the nei We will have to fight for negotiations issues. the rank and file.
Industr ai because thie badges "political", und local munagement said the? might offend some of the claimants. Bad argued the sub-branch CPSA secretary at the employment office, comment we have had from claimants was "Where can we get the badge, mate".?
Athis month's conference of the CPSA, the anion voted fo affiliate to the Anti Nazi Tengne and an emergeney mecting of the CPSA executive to be beld later this week is expected to huck their members in Hollowas.
CPSA executive member Mike Duggan suys: *We see this as an attempt by management to stop our meanbers campaigning Left in the union, intends to pursue these suspensions, they will have to suspend our entire conference. Almost the entire platloris was wearing ANL badges.
underlines the without a importance of fighting for the clection and accountability of Secondly, the right wing with Their Truemid financiers a 1l be isolate the eLs. pen major make the union leadership fully accountable to struggle Having a left NEC is useless were deemed lo be Ian Muir: "The only agaitst broad-based well oransed rank and file cuts. whom we are accountable. The rights. critical question is how the Broad Left organises cam paigns among the members.
On all these issues, haltling ic out in a single union b not sufficient. I am arguing that should attend Socialist Challenge Trade Union conference on I July, jo far n cias left wing in the IUVELICHLUAEMHOIL