IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Post Office engineers push for democracy

Socialist Challenge No. 185, 19 February 1981 · p. 12 of the scan · 275 words

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page 12 of the scan

BRYAN STANLEY, general secretary of the Post Office union's sponsored MP, John Golding, fore in the moves to overturn the Wembley conference decision.

POEU supported a proposal for MPs to have half the votes in electing the Labour Party leader. JOCK CAMPBELL, an elected member of the union's Socialist Challenge about the POEU leadership's style of JOHN Union, something have been to the ference, At that conference the ao certain unings ference, pointed by union When told issue.

Golding rules the roost with the delegation. If secretary;

happens at con- should be he'll rush off the platform — he is on the party - and talk to Stanley.

Then we more or less, have to Six members of the union te floor of the ed com elected and seven are apleadership. ample, come. VULC there's no chance of the left vole tol The VULC Blackpool was 10-3 on every Apart from the all the delegate picked from the floor of conference.

In the delegation, they go through a form of what they discussior but it lt's democratic discussion you're looking for, you won't get it.

voted Shirley Williams on the NEC, for exand asked our how they could when on the Market and INcomes policy she was opposed couldn't explain that to us.

voted for Shirley Williams because she's a right winger, pure and simple.

There has never been a discussion union conference on political matters. I nev ve never even askeo us submit any about issues that were known in advance.

• The POEU Broad Left will be backing resolutions for this vears union conference calling for support for the 40-30-30 decision.

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