ASIMS Secretary, SE Loadon Medical THIS year's conference of the LSIMS white collar union ha seen the nutrona execute swing to the right.
La year conterence mistructed the leadership to take the initiative to co-ordinate action againsi the wore controls and to defend basic union rights.
Instead general Clive Jenkins ignored resolution and signed the TUC LORCHEL! which directly This executive CURBILIC even refer to free SCENTE bargaining or union righis.
The executive has also urged talks with the Tories and will be negotiating Thatcher's Ministers. Jenkins wunts to talk to the government in a Socialist Challenge 24 May 1979 page 6 non-combative manner This conference was the first chance that ASTMS members the union's rules. Control of the executive, officials, more power to local branch and district commiltees had BeET ruised The leadership attempted to exclude amy discussion of these the times Saturday they tried to get their agenda accepted, and each time this the delegates rejecied attempt to stop motions being raised.
Sunday started without an ageada, and the executive finally won its didn't position through a card vote.
Who decides union policy or conference delgates - is now a major issue.
Red Collar, a rank and file paper, had a successful meeting of over 60 delegates from every left organisation and local area They discussed the fight agains the executive's right-wing tum.
This was the biggest far left meeting ever held at an ASTMS national conference.
Red Collar will be sponsoring a national conference in through October lo fight for socialist policies throughout the unson.
conference CPSA япу DHSS branch CPSA conference LAST week's conference of the main civil servants' union, the CPSA, declared that it was appalled secretary, Ken Thomas, had signed the document Better Say By 115,095 votes to 90,1N06 made rejected his position, and that should ningly, with 20 out of 26 seats Peter Coltman was returned tr the post of Vice-President from which he had been removed last seur after a witch-bant about We also won sorge major victories on policy. The NEX officials were censured for falling to give a lead during our pay fight.
al work lace meetings was also won (a either the - present runch block voles or posta balloting). And support for th service gRy group was narrowly in calling for the "pAy research (comparability) system, rilth 440 delegates for and TRADE UNION DAY CONFERENCE DEFEND BASIC RIGHTS Matt to Tan bi FIGHT SOCIALIST POLICIESWORKERS PLANS AND WORKERS CONTROL
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opposed ASTMS's policy. dispensed with left talk. Their