in Southport last weekend.
ing for steps towards a united Ireland, 'special category status' Association of Trades Councils.
ceptional step 'greetings to the conference' on Friday.
asked GLAIC to withdraw it.
of the majority of delegates.
partisanship with the Tories on Ireland.
Socialist Challenge 11 June 1981 AS MANY as 260 delegates from trades councils all over Britain held their annual conference The high spot was the adoption of a motion callrestoration of — in erect pontical status for the H Block prisoners, disbandment of the Ulster Defence Regiment, a bill of rights and the withdrawa! of troops to barracks pending complete withdrawal.
The motion was proposed by the Greater London TUC general secretary Len Murray took the exoj attacking the motion during his He called on delegates 'not to take sides in the conflict'. He declared that the resolution would split the trade union movement in the north of Ireland, and But the motion was still put and won the support During the debate a number of speakers sup-t ported the resolution as a step forward but criticised the failure to call for immediate troop withdrawals. Despite this weakness, the success of the resolution was another blow to the TUC and Labour Party biincluding the hunger strikers and others.
then to be divided up betWCCI Provisional and IRSP prisoners. The traditionalists considered it to be ar principle not to work for • any canadale Inal migal lake d seat.
Friction That caused friction in the oniy Dublin consticontested by a naLucily tional H Block committee IRSF didate, O'Hara due to be released in a few months and could ceivably take a seat if elected.
Most committee activists had wanted to run 'live candidates, that is, candidates who could campaign, ect. tions thai are much more than the COMICA Fermanagh-South Tyrone one was. They wanted Haughey in Dublin.
by our trade union
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prisoners By findy Lilley, secretary, Ealing TUC