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got to fight the Tories' attacks organise local conferences which can establish labour movement-based "defend the unions' committees in the localities.
2. To campaign for the defence of the welfare state against the Tory cutbacks. The first step in this is to establish an alliance between all public sector workers to industrial action which can win the solidarity of private sector workers.
Labour movement-based action committees spanning all unions need to be built at a local level.
3. To campaign in defence of the right to work and for a 35-hour week without loss of pay. In particular, johs for youth must be defended the lobby of the Trade Union Congres the lobby Congress for action against youth unemployment needs massive trade union backing.
4. Women's rights are attack. The unions must be forced to carry out their paper commitment to a woman's right to choose whether to have an abortion. omething new. a united lobby of campain in the workplaces. oived members of Action will decide. of the Communist Deliend VP members. We united action in Century Hall, CLEESE the June. • Speke factory. Transport lobby of the TUC. Garsion; 8.45am and we can't rely Pierhead:
called by Campaign anti-abortion legislation.
Around these build and mobilise for mass action.
What policies?
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Trade Union under the impact the fight against unemployment.
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Unions Conference, alternative to fight back, an ongoing Our Unions Conference will be held at the New Manchester on Liverpool Barten best Coast Deand Mann 9:00am. Black Bull.
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We must win support for actions the National Abortion against any restrictive issues, the conference pledged itself to fight for the broadest unity in action. This includes a fight to force the trade union and Labour leaders to support *Benn might be visiting picket lines now, but where has he been for the last five years? Is he prepared to put his weight behind workers in struggle to spread the fightback?
The conference set aside an entire session to look at what socialist policies are needed to detend jobs, CPSA. technology. The debate took up the Lucas Aerospace workers' corporate plan as one important contribution to Next week we will be reporting on the contributions made in this session.
Edinburgh: 6am Waverley StaLondon/South East: Special rain from Euston, 7.35am. Watford stop at 8.00am. S7 return. (Tel. 01-254 Birmingham: Hall of Memory, South Wales: Pontypridd Past Cardiff: General Station, 7am. (Tel. Pontypridd 3499).
For Delegates credentials please fill in the slip below and send to Delend Our 265a Seven Sisters Road, London Ni (Cheques to Defend Cur Unions Conference):
Name of Trade Union Organisation .
Secretary's Name and Address Address to which credentials should be sent (if different from above).
No of delegates credentials required Enclosed E...... (El per delegate) CANDY EDWIN, Save the EGA Comprign. Fightback THE Tories announced last week that the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson hospital would be "saved but that was only half the truth. The Tory proposals will pur as right on the road hoa two-tiered health service and the health service provided for women at the EGA i far from The Tories want the FGA wo he bolstered through churity, und even if the thousands of pounds mecessary are raised, their plans wall insalve enormous cats in the EGA Ticilities.
considered is because of the present weakness of the anti-cuts movement. We seera to have two choices: to accept the Tory pluns or to agree to closure.
Wehaveto win hroad support for our cumpuign, but it mast be based on winning an understanding throughout the working chess as Io why the cuts are continuing. This can he done hest if we ruise ideas about whit a socialist health service would entail.
There are cleur steps that every one can fake 24-hear picket. We are asking all organisations to take on a half-day rota. The pleket is demunding that the EGA remains opes, and is opposing charity funding.
Second, invite a speuker from our campaign to your union hranch.
Finally, win support for our demands that the EGA should he saved by integruling it in the NHS, and for the defence of the health service In this country.
SUEOWEN, Cirl and Public Services Assocation THE media might have is own image of the (mule) Whitehall bureaucrat in pin-stripe suit and bowler hal, but for the vast majority of -dull, low-grade clerical jobs are the really.
The three-month recruitment freeze Imposed by the Tories on civil service jobs will hit us hard.
The Tory action conld hring to a halt ull month, That's how high the staff turnaver is, And because the civil seryants are the first group of workers to feel Tory policies directly, their response will be decisive for the working class as a whole.
cArefusaltocoonarate with cuts or to cover for the lost jobs will meus suspensions, without any doubt. But the will to resist does exist in the That much was shown when our unien's recent conference elected a Broad Left NEC censured forsigning A Better Mar', 1be pro-incomes policy document which weat one hundred per cent against conference mandate.
Furthermore, the Civil Service Women's Rights Group has kept the pressere on the leadership to defend the special interests-of rhe majority of the membership. The creche cumpuign's fight for workplace murseries Financed by the government got massive suppurt at conference.
DENNY FITZPATRICK, Westminster NUT THE Tories have seized on the crisis in edication to attack the comprehensive school syslem, It's not surprising. After all, aslong as future judees, urmy officers and diplomats, why shrill the Torles worry abnorthe 80 per cent who go to comprehensives.
Thousunds of parents und teachers are concerned, homever. Andthey are besy organising a genmine alternutive to the chisures during the lust five yeurs.
Top of the list is plaus for smaller classes and schouls, hased in the community and well-eqnippod. A firm policy of no Job losses Is equally importunt. These kinds of plansen first sicps in the fight to control education.
L noon leaders haven Theiped these struggles. Too often they have worked hund in glove with the government anes, That's why Socialist Teachers" Alliance are commitied to fighting to replace the union leudership.
the left for its policies concerning unity. It has stood on a platform that promotes every step lowurds the broadest possible snity for policies But the fight for left unity within the unions mwans lihile if we cunned holld unity amongst socialists. That's why the STA has campaigned for democratically organised united work with the Rank and File Teuchers group, led by the Socialls Workers" Parts.
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