ONE interested group of people can be sure to stick their noses Dres They Il bempoing They'll be going all out for Duffy, just like they did last time round. As Boh Wright put it when speaking to engineers in Manchester: 'As soon starts on 9 September, we can expect the attacks to come.
They'll be trying to take advantage of the postal ballot, seeking talk membership Wilen they're isolated privacy of their own home.
'In the last election 220 column inches were given to the Duffy campaign. we can expect it to start on into the counter ins the press and of our union.
balloting muss meets issues involved.
the the As Bob Wright each camp to explain their case.
This time democracy Sunday 14 need a vigorous campaign in the factories. We need an election campaign run amongst the 1,200,000 members And that means a concerted campaign of propaganda and, above all, of Duffy has shown that he'd prefer to keep workers in the dark about the He's turned down the challenge of debating Bob Wright on TV. So it's now up to the stewards to make sure that debate takes place by organising mass meeting In every factory and inviting speakers from It will be by using the methods of workers' just like we've been seeing in that we can best deal with the Tory press and the mafia at Peckham Road. port Robinson, struggle by refusing to call strike action and allowed the management and the press to conduct a vicious campaign against Robinson - while the AUEW held an 'enquiry'. Edwardes may have given the kick in the teeth, but Duffy's was the stab in the back.
The national settle ment Duffy appeals for votes on the basis of the gains made from the national engineering dispute last year:
'Our success was hailed by unions at home and abroad as a victory and a breakthrough, for with the extra week's
-VOTE WRIGHT AUEW General secretary JOHN BOYD (above), he and Duffy helped get BL convenor DEREK ROBINSON (right) the sack. Mo Pa. So, 21, 1649
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