What the Mobilising Committee wants

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THE Rank and File Mobilising Committee for which those democracy in the Labour Party, has issued the following statement on the Tony Benn election issue:

The Rank & File Mobilising Committee welcomes Tony Benn's decision to contest the deputy-leadership of the Labour ParThe election will provide an op portunity for party members and affiliated trade unions to reaffirm support for the policies to which the party is committed. confirm the validity of the electoral college agreed at January.

We are disturbed by reports that the outcome of the already been determined, because a number of senior trade union leaders nave promised the leadership that the unions will be cast in favour of the 16 April 1981 Page 4 Labour unites all for Ane eatenee It will also help to Wembley dinaline committee.

parliamentary of their votes welleye scenes deals of this kind can only br ing discredit upon the labour moveWe call for a free election. We call on all trade union members to ensure that they are consulted as to how the votes of their unions are cast. We call for an open and honest discussion at parties and their MPs on this issue.

to play a full part in utilising sion, and to make sure that this elec tion is conducted in a manner which reflects credit on the labour moveTo this end we shall be conducThe Mobilising Committee consists of:

workers Labour Action for Peace; Labour CoorSocialists; Militant; National Organisation of Labour Students; Socialist Campaign for a privileges is rampant in the Tribune Group, he argues 'Benn's power base is rank and file. among is Everyone knows that.' He adds that if Benn is successful will be because of rank and file pressure, and that same pressure could undermine the trade union bureauwhich is why the union leaders are so upset about the Chalichec How to back inal challenge? Jon Lansman see resolutions pouring in for the union conferences.

He envisages valous demands being raised in the unions ecutives to support Benn, for the election candidates address union conferences delegate. are mandated; and in some for consultation. But this campaign will force to develop such structures.

'If unions vote against the wishes of the rank and file the pressure will mount against that happening again. Next year the excuse won't wash.' welcoming , Benn standing is to defend the Wemble decision the elec toral college machinery i put into operation a lot o pressure to overturr the 40-30-30 voting patterr will disappear.