LCDTU meets
Socialist Organiser1980sTranscribed by hand from the printed page.
THE CONFERENCE called by the Communist Party controlled Liaison Committee for the Defence of Trade Unions this Saturday is on typical LCDTU lines.
There is no indication of what the conference is designed to achieve except for a vague reference to the anti-union laws.
As usual the 'discussion' is to be around a 'declaration' which will not be seen before the day and will not be open for amendment.
My branch, TGWU Cowley Assembly Plant 5/293 sent a resolution for the conference agenda calling for a campaign for a recall TUC. The branch received a letter back saying that resolutions will not be taken and therefore it will not appear in the agenda.
The resolution reads: "This conference calls for an emergency TUC conference to discuss support for the NGA and the situation concerning the Tebbit and Prior legislation. At that conference we would campaign for:
• Full financial, moral and industrial support to the NGA, including support for strike action in their defence, and
• For the TUC to withdraw from talks with the government".