A large advertisement appeared in the Daily Mirror last Friday. It was headed "Statement agreed by the Officers and Grunwick Strike Committee of APEX'.
The main message was: 'No further demonstrations, marches or large scale picketing will be heid during the court of inquiry which would divert attention from the facts that we are submitting ...
GEOFF BELL reports.
Speaking members of the Grumwick Strike Committee co the day the advert appeared, it was tvious the statement did They are continuing to call for mass picketing during the Scarappeal for trade union delega one to come to the Grumwick CrEET The scabs as they go to On Monday I1 July. when 3 ДАЛАВГЗА ВІВШИ Grunwick mass picket, postal workers in many areas were discovering post TOTES Grunwick mail. It had heen posted over the weekend by members of calling for is a repeat of the 11 remaining two weeks of the Scarminter is maintainine iscal for g repest of 11 July on 15 August.
TREMENDOUS Indeed, Jack Dromey, a memsecretary of Brent Trades Council, hopes 23 August will be ever bigger The said, is a tremendous mobilisation. confidently expect that have mote people on 15 August than on El July,"
Drocey also made it clear tha unlike 1l uly - th pickets on 15 August will be asked to stay outside the factory * For national strike action on 15 August * Build support committees for the Grunwick day of action * Organise factory, town and labour movement meetings to Grunwick Strike Committee [phone 01-451 1125 * No reliance on courts - mass action will stop the scabs gates througbout the day. ' The call will be for an all day picket" the BIC SHI The statemen.
genera 1008 Grantham -atriende, "All that won't be a day of action between nos and next week."
But August was still being made and that, in the The view on how this dispute will be We would PORCEN has not changed"
mas Wand seems deternined to hang on as long as he can, bur we ll divers' in the Baily strike. * They drawn up hy APEX did not reflect this means, either the Grunwick call for words of Dromey:
Email. by few exactly that.
turned steward, don't want wotks. union inside - there is no doubt about it. We have been told Di managersent that if the union comes in, this place will close. 15 Augusti dampened the determination of strikers wood sorting office where postal CORRECT workers have been locked out for ECEUSING CO BAROS CURRICA B Ar Cricklewood, UPW branch secretary Dand Dodd said that for his members the boycott was picketing a moral issue'. He added:
everybody to give the Grunwick strikers and APEX the maximum action, TUC march.
It is now obvious that neither thip cobe sue militarMELLUISU Une lany minor advert was dear evidecios of the roal actitude of the APEX bosses.
I was por inserico to impres the Scarians of this world who are not inclined to read the Dully Mirror. Kather it wns there to the paper's working class readership — the type of people who have uP picket throughout the past five Grantham" s aim was to reduce the mass picker to BIDIOSE DO ming: lo spreau conrus over lo gise in to the demands of the Government, the mass picketing must cense But ratber tan such picketing tending tD divert in Grantham' s AFECARON from the dispute, it is the mass which has brought Grunwick to the atlention of the mass media, and a court inquiry. So the Strike Committee mistinenance of the mass picke and to organise another day ol In fact is position on 15 when after a lot of pressure they decided to disperse and join th But given the view of the APEX acabersaip, tme main buruca to organising 15 August les with rank and file i0 ra Covine County Forkshire district of the Nationa Union of Minemorkers is likel to back the call for 15 August, as 1L dic on 20ls and Landol printworkers base also indicated their willingness to come out in force any time the strike conmitThe workers" movement must organise bchiad moves. Readers of Socialist Challenge are asked: lo mano rosasecr wick strike solidarity committee wherever they work or live *To approsch members of every political organisution on the lef to build joint activity for * Te arge trade councils to back the mext day of moss netion. •To coaches and cars for 15 Angust. HEIM