Union leaders come to Ward's aid again SABOTAGE!

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Freedom.

In Oxford, where NAFF recently ced mail. Deford of the UPW had previously declared its support for the CrickleWOLE SOTLCIS.

So on 12 July I told local that branch 1127 would not handie te Grunwich mail. At that time management accepted the situarion because the Then at 5.40 in the evening I received a telephone call froin the UPW headquarters telling me to sort the " hlacked' mail I did nothing about chat verbal instruc повесера ротастос sceretar the postmen' (delivery) branch ofibeunion.

Wednesdny written instructions were received fromthe UPW hendquarters. But Jor mail.

the head postmaster immediately Grunwick mail on the basis of telex instructions received from thad no alternative but to call all BIENOETS meeting. My branch decided to continue tbe baycoll the UPW head office. tunately while our meeting was in INTES CACHO OCC MATE ers had started sorting Grunwick mail. Tom Jackson and the rest of the executive of the Union of Postal Workers continue to bail out Grunwick boss George Ward by trying to outlaw the boycott of Grunwick GERRY CASEY, secretary of the Oxford PHG branch of the UPW, describes thissabotage in his ares.

Following the meeting the head Black on the branch and on me, posimasier Jaunched saying was umposing may will oc the branch. He GPO had a file on my activities which included the (Talse) allega tion that 1 was expelled from che TUC in 1976. until it He tried everything to shake me and the branch down. ButI rang tbe LPW head office to convey the They rang me back almost ar once, instructing me to bift the we would discuss theissue, the Peace to my bitter office instructions.

added thar the infoactiue. me mem pers al unenume woer The postmen's branch secre miceting with his sembers co the boycott, decided not to support immediate The PHG branch continued to tos the recientes are cant:

recommendarions branch voted 13-6 to obey head Tfeel certain that had other UPW Oxford posimen's branch beld oet, the Oxford PHG branch cod. wooldhavecontinuedibboscolt NAFF has won a temporary, hut major triumph, and they must be won't respect il.

executive has so many spineless memhers. B proves once ugein that workers ore let down wher their leaders have to put fine wonds yestenday

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SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 21 July 1977 Page