Local Government Officers"
reverse union's sand on support for conference last Friday, DAVE BURN, from Istington NAIGO, reports.
By a card vote of 350,000 to 190,000 the union docided support the status quo, accepting holding lution', in the words of one the bational This attempi to reverse NALGO's pro-incomes policy! position followed an unsuccessful elfort carlier in the jear when the divisions in the left atemipe lo get a conference of the crownd This time, the left at Jeast by aereed on lache to hirht the executive, and on the resolution the carlier divisions contributed the defear al the pay conference.
The timing of the mecting itself wan called betore the conference, and after most of ine wons bay either been scitled or al least suhmitted. and cierical claim of the Health Service was sertled two weeks адо for 9.5 per exampic. The lell's LILE guideine were thus weakened is thar the have pent, attacks CEn this vear.
fight What this conference shows broad opposition austerity within NALGO still needs to be -organised nationally and So far, tactics decided democratically by all its supporters. To achieve AMUHU SHEL LE SORELA problems that have plagued the left since the start of Labour's ple First, it would help ensure that the leit's divisions do not benefit the right in the union as they have continued to do so in !
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