"recipe for alsaster and pledged support for progressive policies.
Withdrawing such resolution on the spurious grounds of avoiding a split in ine slut is lo lan inio the trap set by the Bishop Stortford freedom to the right wing while gagging the left.
Duffy had no such qualms at the engineering union's national commitICC week (reported elsewhere in this issue).
Against the background of the naval fleet steaming south to the Malvinas, conference adopted policy calling for the withdrawal of Argen tine troups, the recall of administration the islands undertaken by the United Nations until the issue of sovereignty was resolved.
Reflecting the mass building up ehind the anti-nuclear Moveme Coccice was pressed to pledge itself to a tremendous turnout by unionists banners - for the CND march on 20,000 June. Al Easter over had marched behind the SCAT banner - the Scottish campaign against Trident.
A six-point plan was approved, seeking cancellation of Cruise and Trident, removal all nuclear bases Britain, a nuclear-free zone in industry, writes BRIAN GROGAN.
Rail has threatened the axing of 0.00 Jobs over the next two years in the railway workshops.
Engineers who have immediately responded with calls for determined action BR's plans will include workshops at Shildon total shutdown County Durham and al Horwich in Lancashire.
Given the militancy of the response, it is clear that the engineers can give BR a bloody nose in the same way as the Tall But this will need unity. widtever. MacCarthy reports this week, BR has made it clear that it will carry through its attacks drivers. It is already pushing through flexible rostering on the guards and other staff.
Dennis Green, works assistant secretary at Horwich spellthe conclusions: 'We want a national rail strike and the invoking of the triple alliance. This is AS RAILWORKERS await the publication of the MacCarthy report on flexible rostering for drivers, British Rail continues its attacks on the not just Horwich we are fighting for. We are facing the slow strangulation of the nationalised industry by the Thatcher government.' Flushed with victory at the climbdown of the National Dock Labour Board (NDLB), dockworkers have warned of an all-out May.
Threatened NDLB withdrew proposals to go onto the first stage of an assault against the guaranteed work week and job security of the dockers.
Now the dockers . are demanding the extensions of these provisions to all other docks envisaged in the 1976 Dock Work Regulations. They have got official backing for an all-out strike unless the employers comply.
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