thousand delegates from Scotland trade union action on 22 September.
vice unions were a consistent theme of the conference Jim Airlie the AUEW saw it as a battle for g that it class to win, saying that the health WOLKCIS WCIL down other workers would go down with them Stressing the importance of this fight he explained 'working people are crying out for leadership. ASLEF said: If a one-day Walker stoppage was not enough, mainlv west o branches and workplaces Diedded unanimous support to the cali ot the scot tish Trade Union Congress for widespread solidarity All the major industries, factories, and public ser.
present at the meeting on Friday 3 September. The idea put forward by George McCormick of Rolls Royce Hillington, that the government platform rested on defeating the health workers was Flavour movements responsibility was to stop altogether.' He also added that the campaign should then go on to remove the Tories and elect a Labour government Govan shipbuilder's leader, Sammy Gilmour, also insisted that there must be indefinite strike if there was no settlement by early October Mick McGahey, prestMick McGahey dent of the Scottish NUM told the meeting about a , triple alliance meeting he attended which Wai discussing action on how to save steel jobs. The first item on its agenda said Mick 'was complete stoppage to support the health workers September.' Coal 'Not a pound of coal moved in Scotland on the day last solidarity SLIIKC with the NHS told the conference. And ne repeated not a pounc of coal will move on September.
Ronnie Scott from the FBU explained that firefighters the Strathclyde area had been operating an emergency Ulll for week now in support of the He hoped that a meeting of Scottish firefighters due to be held on 9 September would ex. tend this action across the country.
Glasgow South West district hospitals Jolt snop stewaras com mittee must have been more war bicasco will lI conference which certainly reacted well to leaflet calling for 'the TUC to call for an indefinite strike of all health service workers with emergency and acci. dent cover only.' urged the TUC 'to call on all the trade unions to take solidarity strike action The nealin workers, and asked for this action to be made official. Tory attacks. Different sections of the movemen had to support others who were going into struggle 'as the miners are supporting the nurses, and as the whole movement should have supported ASLEF'. STUC Tory policies, he said 'are deliberately designed to create mass unemploy ment and turn the clock back 100 years' "There are no solutions to be found ir the Holiday Inn hê declared the STUC leaders were still trying to persuade Thatcher of the error of her ways!
As Benn pointed out 'What we need is a Labour government as committed pol as she is to hers: peo ple as she is to hers'. ticular applause greeter his for Labour governmen Trident and get rid of the Us nuclear bases - which is about all the Tories are prepared to spena mone on in Scotland Socialist Challenge 11 September 1982 page!