Labour movement for the conference to be held on 10 August on thresholds and the fight against inflation.
The failure of the trade union 'leaders to provide any sort of coordinated leadership on these crucial questions has made initiatives like the one being taken in Coventry all the more necessary:
Over the repent weeks Coventry Bas employers who have tried to pet out of paying even the meagro cost-of-living rises allowed under Phase 3. First of all a mia strike be workers at the corin cering tem of Wickman foroed the mangement to graat £1.20 that was TCH DICTURES SULUSE TUTSIS until the trid of August when rie deal Then it was the turn of the workers af the GEC plant at Stoke, Cueuntry, who returned to work only after their offer had been increased from a derisory E1.60 to E2.40. Also, over a thousand white collar workers al Standard Triumphs went an strike after manageinent refused even to negoliate. They are back ar work now because managemical have "changed their mind' but ready to walk nut again if no satisfactory offer is made.
Sponsorship for the conference has come from Dick Burdett (AUEW convenor at bucknunsrane Lil Sicith (TGWU shop steward at the GEC Stoke plant who will also be speaking on the lessons of their articulae strumoles The ASTM Divisional Officer John Fisher and the Divisional Orpaciser of AUEW (TASS) George Hope are also official sponsors. The conference will be dis cussing the existing struggles in Coventry over thresholds hut. as importantly, it will be the first step in the preparation for the end of October when the thres hold agreements expire With inflation running at nearly 25% a year the light for roat protection against soarine prices- such as a geatine sliding scale of wages planned and coordinated struggle by tack and file mititants in all localities, The cuming conference will be discus sing how such a struggle can be launched in the Coventry area and shouli be sippried by all local trade unionists For fuchter information write to George Hope, Divisional Organiser ALEW (TASS), Dule Buildings, Cook Street, Coventry CVI INN. keep the contributions rolling in!
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London N1. black work on private hospitals and nursing homes, as is being disWilson and his cohorts will retreat in the face of ruling class attacks, and Benn and the Labour 'left' thrash around in confusion But for the workers' movement this is just a petty obstruction which it can casily clear out of the road in order to get on with the Keep it coming in!
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