LAST Friday, the Birmingham bookshop of the Socialist Workers Party was gutted by fire when a man drove his car in front of the doorway, soaked the car in petrol, Socialist Challenge set fire to it, a fifteen per cent pay award. THE government last Monday began suspending tax officials involved in industrial action in pursuit of the civil service unions' claim for Collectors in charge were suspended on on strike. Monday, together with more senior officials who refused to hand on suspension notices. Unfortunately, the only action so far taken by the Inland Revenue Staff Federation (IRSF) has been to officially place those suspended The civil service unions' day of action on Wednesday, 1 April, is in pursuit of their continuing struggle for a 15 per cent award. Wednesday was the day by which the agreement between the government and the civil service unions was due to have been signed.
Socialist Challenge1981Socialist Challenge No. 191, 2 April 1981
Escalation needed!
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