Inquiry demanded over police raid

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Enfield Trades Council London.

have already been deported.

police intimidation.

the union does not allow any divisions among the workers.

at Park Lane Community Centre, Park Lane, Tottenham.

Friends of Richard ENFIELD Trades Council is calling for a public inquiry into the raid by police and immigration officials on black workers at the Main Gas factory in Edmonton, North • Among the 26 workers arrested under the 1971 Immigration Act - after 51 were questioned — was a seven-month pregnant woman: Two of those picked up during the raid, on 20 June, Several comparisons can be made with the operation of South Africa's pass laws: the fact that the raid was undertaken without any evidence of 'offences: the number quesuoned compared to those charged; the fact that they had to prove their innocence, rather than the police their 'guilt'; and allegations of The workforce at the factory faces redundancies, and there have been suggestions of collaboration between the police and the factory management over the raid. It is vital, therefore, that Enfield and Haringey trades councils are holding a public meeting about the raid, to be held on Thursday 10 July, 7.30pm,