third class citizens'.
migration Act.
This new plan would give citizenship anyone born here as of right; it would end the tiered system of citizenSAID In the Nationality Act; East African Asians and refuwalll? enela WOli0 become full citizens; and sex discimination in migration law would abolished.
There would also under the new legislation be a right of appeal against a ministerial decision to exclude a person, and fees for naturalisation would be cut, from £150 to about £50.
The conference declared its intention continue palgnng against Ine Nanonanty Act. In a further pledge about the programme of the be next Labour government, conICICICE picugeu migrant workers with expulsion under the 1971 Act would be allowed to stay in Britain and those alreadv pelled would be allowed TCLurE.
camthreatened to Merle Amory after he became involved in an argument employee.
on behalf members develops.
This fight black unionists blacks in caucuses w.alLe bodies such Workers candidate was set up recently.
Front. had abused and pro- in August this year, memorandum acted proplant. its attention.
Challenge union's policy written rulings discimination at BL, job Bromwich.
give you little will change until union.
Outside the court with offensive weapons many of the ful' record.
said:
brought serve their ment.' Bill aoes heart.
of their black demands that organise as or sinilar as in Leyland Cowley where a Black Rights Committee The Cowley group was able fair point.
lo gel a withdrawn which the personnel manager directed that all black workers be searched on entry to the ausiv.
In October 1978, Socialist industry.
printed an article by Raghib ingham, shop steward at the Rover Car plant in Solihull which described his encounters with racists at Comdan work in which he referred to the posed by knowledge Castle was not alone.
At We reproduce a few short extracts from this pamphlet tr some idea of how wiring black workers see the problems of racism on the job and in the hundred official. recruited.
AIH which ting .jobs inevitable blacks with hands Many longer, I wouldn't dom.
The debate homed in on central questions of race in Britain today, including the party's 'disgraceMerle Amory, a black delegate from Brent Labour Party 'The Labour Party's record to date on race has beer disgraceful. Not only have they in legislatior thembut ther a sorew un of proposals very sımlar to those now being introduced by the Tory governThe Labour Party, she said, could not take the vote of the black community for granted, but would have to prove that it have vul interests At work against racism IT WAS in February 1976 that | told my friends in Sparkhill that | had decided to apply for a job at Rover. 'You must be joking' they said. 'They don't recruit blacks'. A Traditionally, car workers in the Midlands enjoy a higher standard of living than workers in the component supply inano une majority of black workers are in the supply hamon Leblanks Birmwieev regarded as a racist employer. Conhpad Dobss, hose the tormel DOSS. ments about wogs" : exSocialist Challenge, Longbridge until year, black workers were bar- the red from better paid jobs by a test, and Une Castle Bromwich plant has been refusing to employ black workers.
Rumours have also spread in the black community that to get a lob in the Washwood Heath plant you must pay LWU hundred pounds to a local trade union But I want to concen. trate on Rover, where I was one few who did manage to get a job With the Race Relations Some inatko orkes a mente There workers was WCnd considerable bitterness in the black community against the TGWU, forwarded to the company the names of those wanand passed on be relatively lower-proportion of the blacks who applied.
My job at Rover was a fair distance from the track, where I was frightened because of the racist abuse. Ray Sa the Birbi was ct who was chairperson National Front started regularly coming to my shop and talked about one of the old When I couldn't stand it I threatened him and informed my foreman that work Sandom came to my shop in future from the shop steward, but all couldn't get much workmates supported me and the foreman stopped SanThat was the first encouraging step for me I got elected shop steward The older hands moved out and my workmates all under the age It was necessary for the party to go forward and show the black community that it would protect inem trom racist legis'defend them from the leadership of our own Party because they have done much damage in the past as this Tory government is proposing to do now.'
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LABOUR'S annual conference unanimously agreed to a five-point plan for new laws to end 'first, second and The next Labour government would immediately repeal both the Tory Nationality Act and the 1971 Im-