and Finance sub-committee. He has to collect some two hundred written impressed by the fact that the workers Leicester.
STOP PRESS If the strikers return to work with their leaders then the days of Weaver N.C. Patel victimised. The most disgustThe Enquiry found itself unable Imperial. strikers are reduced to tiving off just bread, The strikers are determined to fight on. They will have to hold themselves together over the difficult first two weeks in July when the factory is on holiday. Meetings should be set up to allow the strikers to present their case Pressure must be mounted on the T&G to declare the strike official.
Money and resolutions to: Imperial Strike Committee, 33 Hartington Street, Shikers are up in arms about the tragi death of Harilal Ratanshi, a 36 year old disahied worker. Harilal had been given SULTE SUCH ETHER BY HE AIRS CARE mittee on medical grounds.
Last Friday ar 2.00 p.m. he went to the toilet and vomited blood. The charge hand saw him but did not send him to the medical toom. Later whilst working he fainted and when he came to went to the sick room. The nurse gave him two pills and sent hire back to work, At 4.00 Pills. he left work and went to his own doctor who called an amhulance.
Although the hospital operated, he died later that erening. His brother says: "This was the fault of the company."
The coroner has refund to hokl an inquest and only after conciderable pressure and at the famdy's insistence did he record that he worked at With the Pay Board report on London pay due out at the end of June, NALGO's [National and Local Government Officers Assn.] London Weighting struggle still needs to be stepped ap. The boost given to the campaign by the national conference decision io continue the strikes, in spite of the National Executive, must be echoed by meaning ful organisation and action at branch and district level.
On Thursday, 27 June, the Metrapo der proposal from various branches for escalation. Among tho proposals will be committee to lead the strappi, composed of dolegates from branches aiready taking action and those wanting to start sclective strikes. The noed for the development of is kad chanDon for me stripe c can be seen from the warcrings of the official "leadership. This was most clearly shown when they proposed calling off all action with very few guarantees from the guarantees at all from Electricity emplayors-Thus leaving the electricity workers now on strike completely out in the cold.
Varines newspaper reports are now speculating on the proposals coming from the Pay Haard-E206-Incer London, L145Outer London says the Guardian. The Evening Sandand suggests £350 Innec London, E250-Outer London. The prapo sals would increase Ibe existing differential between the twa areas and, more import. antly for the caipsies, would spit off the Inner London branches, who have proved themssives to he the most militant from Lose in Curer London. This makes essential a fight for the full chin over the Who London area, The unions national claim also test now he given procinence With a worsening coonomic critis in Britain and more cute threatened in social spending, the cimployers may very well try co make London a 'special case at the expense of the post af the union nationally, This can only he challenged by achon naw in Landen for both The nepotiating bady for Local Government, the National Joint Council, a be raceung on I July to discuss the Pry Board report. A lobby, march and meeting are being planned for that day so thet the rank and fle can show both that they intond to rake over the leader shin of the campuge and that they intend to fight for the full claim, regardless of the attempts of the burcaucrats Alan Bennett Lobby of NJC-12 noon, July latac 41 Belgrave Square, SWI