Councils back Solidarnosc | IMGpapers 1980

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General Meeting Association of Trades Councils to be forwarded to the TUC General Council. A copy was also sent to the Polish Embassy. The resolu tion is very similar to one passed by the Lancashire County Association of Trades Councils January.

Challenge on 28 January.

That this Association of Trades Councils con demns the hypocrisy of those who claim to defend Solidarity while simultaneously: / Salvador and else here in Latin eric sid justifying the racist South African regime, b/ warheads in Europe pointing at the heads of workers in Poland and other European countries, sabotaging the economies and preparing contingency plans for the military invasion of Cuba, Grenada and Nicaragua. legislating to restrict unionists in their own countries.

Recognising that only the labour and trade union movement internationally can successfully defend Polish workers, we therefore call on the TUC to campaign for:

an end to repression and martial law, release of all political prisoners, no intervention in. Poland by outside contries, d) food aid for Polish workers' families, delegations from the TUC to visit Poland, speakers from the TUC and Solidarity to be invited to Trades Councils, and speakers notes to be Provice Dy Trades Councils, 9/ a national labour movement conference to discuss the situation in Poland, and to organise solidarity with Solidarnosc.

cialist Challenge 4 March 1982 Cleveland published in Socialist conspiring to prop up military dictatorships in attempting to escalate the number of nuclear arresting and jailing strikers and pickets and the activities of trade International Department to Nothing less will do than for the TUC and Labour leaders to organise a national demonstration in support of Solidarnosc, national tour of labour Solidarnosc activists, and a national financial appeal to help Solidarnose rebuild its shattered apparatus requires a long and persistent struggle at Any attempt be supporting the demonstration on 13 Mar the organisers to call it off and instead commit anamse ves working with other supporters of force the TUC and Labour Party WILO on this question. That is the best the only - way to win real labour move ment for SUBBUIL Polish workers today. Solidarity Committees with Solidarnosc McCalman 041 632 1839 Place, Edinburgh.

Feickert, 28 Roundhay Mount. Leeds 8, Ring 0532 490927 11. Ring 021 773 5396 Jenkins, Beattv ASTMS. 26 Queens Rd, Coventry Rarbury Red Oxford Rise 0865 08238 Fastern Europe Solidauty Camp-ngo Karstand High St. 1 ondon 18 TENSES UK Labour Paland the Acton Lane, NW10. Speakers: Eric Heffer MP. Solidarnose member and Oliver MacDonald.

Glasgow Polish Solidarity Committee. alon 18. Mossuel Re Glasgow 643 Ring Edinburgh Polish Solidarity Committee, c/o Edinburgh & District Trades Council, 12 Picardy Greater Manchester Polish Solidarity Com Crete St, Oiham Lancs Ring 061 620 2885 Leeds Polish Solidarity Committee, c/o Dave Yorkshire Birmingham Polish Solidarity Committee, + o Roger Murray. 28 Blaklord Road Banghan Cardiff Polish Solidarity Committee, c/o Mark Avn Cardiff Ring Coventry Solidarity Committee, John Fisher c/o Oxford Labour Committee on Polami 468 -10 Park Labour Focus on Eastern Europe. His 78 136 Polish Solidarity Committee, 11 get Ha 7218 for london Speakers@ or 01. 249. 2665 fot out of London Sundamosc Trade Unson Working Group ai Solidanity Fund

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