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B'ham AUEW: 1300 vote against Con-trick

Red Weekly No. 200, 22 May 1977 · p. 5 of the scan · 375 words

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Midlands round-up workers -actory in Birmingham have In USUArY тебрест to loin In8y Bags were never called in afficials only: showed their ship they were afraid of losing the SECTORY union dues from the workers workers AUEW rocognition of the turning to work the placing great hopes in Alar central tigure Contract on 20 April. Truet Houses Forte dispute The District But these hopes have no have cooked ges USDAW Slicials, They have agree nounced the strikers to hat drivers and distributior Dress.

nas been mounted WETTE Taclory to demand the TGWU But the production choose the union their Intereste, some of th to discuss Socia isi League have Bud calling rather lor a light in USDAW against the leader MILITANTS in the high Them SHivE but by the Albion racetred lest strike against the Social the unian, Bert Berion joinec in with management's char 0598064 was LARRY CONNOLLY Broad Loft candidate for Birminghar East District Secretary of 1° union votas on a programme o Contract. But Kan Cure, curren was neturned by a vote of 4,300 of the SECURIT for Cure's large vote must be placed at the door of the Communiet Party Come supporters had hoped. But the wlection cam paign did make some gains. Il support that Connolly was a dilferent sort of usual opportunlat dished up by the He platform in the interests of the The only resson there was no High in the campaign was the failure of the Communat Party to aid the campaign charge the left with sectarianism showed the true nature of ngs for their own candidat Terry Bradley. They lost ea in the lace of this failure, the practically boycotted the section. They refused to lum up to meetinge And they Tailed to ake any Inflatives lo suppo the campaign. Indeed, their contribution was to object Including the demand for in sliding scald of wages in thi election addres roled againet I at the AUEW National Committen. Bu veragenat Phase 2 they tal sided with the right wing. During e Leylan voled on the axecutive committes of the AUEW to allow British Leyland to

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