Arthur Seed: Labour councillor, steel striker, scab

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By a Teeside NALGO member on Tesside. But he doesn't do much picketing — too busy collecting his council.

When NALGO members collar workers, among the Labour councillors sympathetic.

The NALGO members suspended, members in Cleveland county had been given dispensation WULK The ISTC divisional strike committee die consuluccy abuul rally.

Socialist Challenge 3 April 1980 Page 6 ARTHUR SEED is one of 20,000 steelworkers on strike he's expenses as leader notoriously right-wing Labour group on Langbaurgh in Langdaurgn imposca sanctions as part of the pay battle by local government whitethey considered that with 14 steel TOe response Would taking action were and the branch responded with a one-day strike.

Their bitterness was increased by the fact that they had bèen giving financial support to the steel strike, and that NALGO overtime on free schoolmeal applications for strikets offered to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Seed, both in his union branch The threat proved sufficient. Seed and his pals withdrew their threatening letter to NALGO members and agreed to take no action against those who had implemented union policy.