the Council of Civil Services Unions individual unions to determine what they want to do onal car no clea lead was given.
This lack of a clear lead has been used by the Inland Revenue Staff Federation to back out of any definite action - they are urging their members merely to donate half a day's pay to union funds. This backing down from action has been taken under the threat of mass of inland suspensions revenue staff taking undustrial action 1 April will undoubtedly be a watershed in the fight for the civil servants claim. If action is allowed LO DCLCI Oul. then we can be sure that the fight will go down to rapid defeat Effect The best way for the CCSU to escalate action would be to continually hit the airports and ports, which would have an imeffect on the Hitting these sectors also avoids any acwhich would harm security unemployment benefit claimants.
But apart from hitting the ports and airports much greater degree of in volvement ot membership is needer Now is the time tor t struggle to be escalated, if it is not to end in defeat.