JIM Prior's proposals to fine trade unionists who take part in picketing re a throwback to the past.
Denning reded so be Lord ruled in Taff judgement that for damages caused to companies during strikes. words, if the bosses suffered a during dispute the union had to Taff Vale Case spurred on socialists and trade unionists to organise the Tory and Liberal parties.
In 1906 election 29 Labour MPs were elected. The same year Parliament passed the Trades Vale.
But still the judges tried to interfere in unions" affairs. In THROW TOT DONTA DUESOSES That spelt financial ruin for the Labour Party, and again PHILIP Weekes, the director of the South Wales Coal must have taken a few tips from Leyland boss Michael Edwardes.
He described the attempt to get the go-ahead for industrial action in the pits week madness'. Then, closure of the entire coalfield, persuaded the South Wales, miners to vote by 22,000 to 4,000 not to endorse their executive's strike on 25 February.
Previous ballots taken in the South Wales coalfield have executive's decision to fight steel and pit closures by industrial action, result came as something of a surprise. Why the change of heart?
The Steel decided to cut back on its imports of *The Welsh TUC will not see this town derelicted by the misguided market economics of the Tories.' George Wright, General Secretary, Welsh TUC foreign coking coal the week prior to the ballot. Weekes used this to suggest that the threat to jobs was not so great as in fact it is. Eight thousand miners' jobs are still on the line unless the steel closures are stopped.
stuck to it.
Board, CILS as 'bloody threatening The to and whatever the so this Corporation Welsh TUC, isolate The Welsh TUC, and particularly its general secretary George Wright, has not taken a consistent position on jobs and George Wright has talked a lot about opposing redundancies in steel and coal, although he always agreed that some were necessary'. But when the crunch came and the miners asked for a "The Welsh have called on the British TUC to lead and support us because of the problems we face. If that support is not forthcoming consequences we will fight for the jobs and children of Wales after 31 March.' George Wright, General Secretary, Welsh TUC commitment to strike action from the Wright backed down and allowed the British TUC to take over.
Despite the massive response to the Welsh TUC's day of action from miners, dockers and railway workers, Wright was not prepared to break with Len Murray and lead a fight in Wales. He allowed talks with the Tories in London those trade campaigning for action on jobs in Wales.
The leaders of the steel and mining unions nationally also refused to give the South Wales miners any official backing.
But the South Wales miners have a tradition of militancy that could have been used to counter these attempts to isolate them. Only, however, if their executive was prepared to give them a perspective for doing this. It was here that Emlyn Williams and the miners' leaders failed.
They stuck to their approach to organising strikes, calling a meeting of lodge officials and hoping that their members would endorse their call for action:
Fighting against job loss is no easy Already the Leyland workers, along 'We want the pay issue settled with dignity. On jobs we will not move one step backward.' George Wright, General Secretary, Welsh TUC Shotton, and East experienced the employers in nationalised industries. The press has left no stone unturned in its attempts to blame union militancy job loss.
The Welsh miners' leaders should have gone directly to the ranks of the railway dockers in Wales and in England and explained why the fight on jobs crucial.
If George Wright would not give them the backing they should have formed an alliance of their traditional Moors, have ruthlessness of they're wary alone.
struggle on jobs. workers and immediately, workers who fighting on needed they are still fighting - The Corby, despite tneir minan intentions, Steel Corporation kept on telling them that if they accepted levels and didn't nress for haher wage tabplant would become • carried Closed They're about to stop MINERS' leader Emlyn Williams own in Wales between dockers, steelworkers, railway workers and miners.
The ballot on jobs prior to this vote showed that the miners want to fight. But of going it completely The Welsh TUC is the body that has the authority to plan out a co-ordinated It should be recalled and miners and steel jobs should SCC the importance into the of factories, the railways, the docks and the streets in Wales and argue their case for strike action now while the steelworkers producing steel at Corby anymore, and Shotton is to be closed completely.
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