Ben a worker gr ment workers' NALGO, cast their votes for gained Red Weekly supporter Erica Barnett In the South Wales District for the National Executive She came runner-up to the three sitting members.
NALGO and chairman the Wales TUC.
All of the sitting members relalned their usual number of votes of around 7000. Bamell pushad two other long-standing candidates to filth and sixth place. The Increased poll that Milirant momlast year.
elections automatic President light of Throughout votes came mainly from cient. members who did not vote Bamett's Bamell's programme in cluded opposition to the lions. Social Contract, to all social spending culs, and to unemployment. She called to a public sector alllence and argued the case for an Increase in wages In line with inflation.
righis and for more democracy in NALGO were central cles lo her election campaign.
campaign, Bameft appealed to members who supported organise around them. arguing that good policies on paper were not Buttwing "Broad candidature was the first of its kind in the South Wales NEC alec Har. decision stand was particularly vital this year, The socialist' candidates of past years failed lo put forward even a viewpoint on the buming issues of the day, Including The Social Contract, bar nell's campaign shows that when class-struggle pollare fought lor there is a ready response from significant numbers of militants. Now this vote must be transformed into and London * The fallure of the left in the National fight the cuts and the Social Contract is behind the right In the London distnict elections to the union:
Executive Commit* Responsibly lies with lot Lett aillance of social democratic and ComMAnu LOnon momDars nHY!
shown, through local actions their support for the 1 November anti-cuts damon stration, that they siternsive lo the policies It hasn't come from the Broed have falled to unlie the laft London-wide, sold out tions againat the Social Con union's Tatused To peak our gained Conference tlan at the conterence It was pure accident that the ERICA BARNETT soiltary left-wing proposst fo an action which hae gone disastrously BiPout siont soainst the card So it has been easy for the right wing to take advantage of NEC. Five hundred votes was the nearest the Broad Left anc came to an NEC place. NAG campalon lor lia saporab It insisted on support for the Work part of the electoral campaig - and thon falled to mentior the Right 1o Work Campaign ir most of the eleclion addres.
of the IMG In out a call to all those whe to the policies of the bureau. cracy lo meet on 4 June mon defails next week