MORE than five hundred Civil Servants took part in a protest in Brixton, South London, on Friday over the victimisation of two local activists in the Civil and Public Services Association.
The demonstration rally at Brixton Town Hall were just part of a nationwide CPSA's Department Employment branch in South London, and Richard Cleverley, the branch organiser.
Messages of support were received from all over London and South-east. Midlands, ( the North, and Scotland - indicating Shad taken and branches had action for the day or a half-day.
reasons were given for Phil Corddell's dismissal: that he picketed the CPSA exduring the 1979. campaign; that ne signed, branch secretary, an Anti-Nazi League advert newspaper; and that he attended Lobby to oppose Corrie anti-abortion Bill.
In fact, on each occasion, Phil was acting on the full , mandate of his branch.
port of reinstatement strongest in Scotland, where 3,500 LIDA came strike. The offices hit by their action included the customs excise, Sherriff's office in Glasgow, and the Scottish Office.
Stewart and assistant regional secretary the union's Scottish committee, walich on all members in its section to strike, brought greetings to the Brixton rally. Lies He says that the campaign had been built in the face of lies and slander from management by Way of official culars. There was intimidation that of members who took action last Friday, in addition to substrike national ban on Phil Corddell culchs pracucaly any Service premises to talk to union members.
Yet since he was informed of his sacking on 30 April, Phil and other members Brixton unemplovment benefit office where he addressed some 120 meetings pay as around the country.
Stuart Holland MP
local just one of the speakers at the rally who emphasised Phil, and Richard Cleverley, the have been sacked, first because they are effective unionists, and because they are unionists: who: •Action, last Friday, in sup, issues like the National Front+++ Was out DHSS, benetit.
secretary of, DHSS had called fraternal Civil and abortion rights should be of the of vital concern to the labour movement. works have Victimisation has not stopped at was tivists. Disciplinary procedures have been started that Stewart MacLennan Alison Korce, regional DHSS trades because they secondly meetings on DHSS premises in trades, Suppott of Phil and Richard believe that despite the management ban.
be held in car parks members' dragging its feet. the two Brixton acaralllsi and the Scottish secretary, have organised Assistant : General Alistair, Graham ther parts of the cour- commit the union fice.
It is following tion in Brixton. Clear try, however, meetings had to and in own time. This is because the CPSA leadership is union of its A fortnight ago the union's annual conference unanimous- spread. ly carried a resolution instruc ting the executive to give ful support for industrial action in the Brixton office, the branch and the union as a whole. But Secretary refused to • moment, the talking. another 75,000 jobs over the next three years.
As Phil Corddell says, supporting reinstatement part of the fight to defend the and the job of every The next mobilisation campaign Wille on June when Richard Cleverley's sacking starts. In the meantime CPSA branch should send the following resolution "This branch demands that the NEC holds a special delegate con. ference to organise for indefinite Brixton of Corddell, rematemen Cleverley et al, has been achieved branch agrees that if the NDC actor. then thi branch agrees to re celeder the call Special Delegate Inquiries, messages of suppor donations to: Brixton Knowlton Hse, Cowley Rd Estate, London SW9. Tel 01-582 1645. Socialist Challenge 19 June 1880 Page 5
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