Selective action iș taxing civil servants' patience

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WITH hundreds of tax collectors on strike, the Inland Revenue Staff Federation is in the forefront of the selective strike action being taken by civil servants Computer Curentres ult centres Shipley and nave been yorcea lo bluse ne imis or ine selective action are now apparent, At the IRSF annual conference on May there was itue atscusson aboul escalating the dispute The only emergenc motion accepted for debate was TrOM InE ecutive which merely pledged the SUDDUrl • any action decid eo ov une nanondi councl of civil service unions.

Tony Christopher, the IRSF general secretary. thus has a free hand to op oose a-ou aclon al inle national council meetings Among the members there for a limited strike of a fen days, o sovern ment could ride The fear now is that the leadership will accept any sitenu ineredse dn te te cent offer if there about Ter aso mer ers ave encaceu lul otlike al Ton tor ine tirsu time mune federation's history, an( the co-operation other unions represents unity which has be Transiateo unto dl-oul de tion. months of distress betore finally being taken to court where it was provec that there was no case to answer. dedicated campaigner for a multi-racial society. However ¡winkle of humour in his eves.

present a respectable image called for inquiries into : mismanagement of cashire County F.:

Brigade Maurice Ludmer MAURICE LUDMER, president of Birmingham Traci: Council, died in the night of 14-15 May of a heart artac• Our immediate sympathy must be with Maurice's wite u":. family. They will mourn in the knowledge that Maurice was : ed and respected by thousands of socialists and trade union:

Maurice was a man of great principles, a socialisi ansi one who knew nım woula cal nim solemn, ere was arwa» :"

Searchlight, the monthly paper which Maurice edited, i i responsible for exposing the fascist nature of many polin organisations such as the National Front when they saugh:

Maurice Ludmer won the respect of many black and Asii workers by his tireless campaigning for their rights and prot ? ed a bridge of understanding between the irade union mo: :

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dies at 54 not only in Birmingham but throughout the country.