DEMONSTRATE SATURDAY 21st FEBRUARY ASSEMBLE 6.30 p.m. TEMPLE UNDERGROUND LONDON WC2 unionists by the Birmingham Evening Mail.
one or me mosi viol was aimed at the former Derek Robinson. The trade: council. will • CVS Dol group, already decided not to speak Evening Mai media advisory group is an extension of this acnon Made members from each media union, one of its first moves to publish designed media to help unionists who are not lauc used deane witne media or how to approach It contains the addresse and phone numbers o all radio and television in the area well numbers for contacts late a There's a a section reporters working for tional papers in the region Canc intorman times planning ferences and deadline COll There are also hints on how Des: Interes newsdesks and how to reac to reporters when asked to on disputes and developmells also arranging workshoo where trade union represen tatives can discuss the use of an panel newspapers radio and TV The Tory Press How To Fight It STAR
- Seafarers fear sell-out AS THE national seafarers' enters its seventh week, Wales members fear a sell-out tional union leaders:
On 26 January a seperate deal was signed Canadian Pacific Steamships. The following day, a mass meeting of the NUS branch in Cardiff voted to reject the agreement made bv national union ficers as 'a betrayal of the aspirations of the membership reflected in the national claim.
'We condemn the signing of the agreement during a national dispute which will obviously set the standard of a TUC moves to control national settlement, as was intended.' Referring agreement by NUS leaders to allow the Cunard Princess to carry a flag of convenience, the resolution continued:
reiterate the ment of the London branch during the Cunard union has suc ceeded in snatching defeat out of the laws of victorv 'Accountability trend movement calls on the NUS leadership to year's be accountable to the memDers by available for election by the members honourable solution.
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described the deal as 'a Troian horse which will devour us within' menoers. is now a repudiate this betrayal.' the labour ane los orane.
to deal with inflation, making themselves the only per cent.
Nogan, substitute execulive member. well short of the claim Nogan outlined settlement brings into He told Have deal. ships are The seafarers' claim is for Fillipino 25.7 per cent rise in basic pay English.
while Canadian Pacific deal, which could now be the basis of arbitration for the national translated claim, gives a rise of only 9.4 On overtime payments, too, the deal falls 'The how the question democracy in the union which 'A large number of crew sulted.' members on Canadian Pacific Spanish and and don't speak They have not been balloted on this deal, as our rule book requires, and the rule book itselt has not been into their own language as we agreed at national conference union ofHallullai ficers have signed this deal over the heads of the delegate body drawn from the regions, been Cull subsequent lids. meeting of the Cardiff branch their case.
to determine a longer-term solution to the drivers' grievances. However, their case is to be argued by officials and members of the Dagenham panel who were initially extremeunanimously demanded that 'The general secretary reconvene delegate conference at the earliest possible date with view to escalating the _present foreign-going ships from 14 companies are involved in action. he Car diff resolution would mean that the crews of all foreign going ships would refuse to set sail.
Similar resolutions for a delegate COLIC CaC toughen the action were also passed by mass Swansea and South Shields on 4 February Members of the Swansea committee told Socialist Challenge that they share the Cardiff NUS fears about their national leaders. Talks are now to be held at national level