they wish to, carry their banners. limited nature of the discussion at the mass meeting did not allow such princ iples to be raised.
What was especially distasteful was that John Deason in making his recaimed against the articulation of any policies which weren't those of IS. If the IS want to build a genuinely open and democratic campaign against unemployment, such practices will not do it.
Photo: JOHN STURROCK (Report)
Photo: ANDREW WIARD (Report)
But despite the final outcome, the conference saw positive developments. National Coordinating Committee, set up by the most active colleges at the end of the summer term, won a third of the delegate votes for its alternative positions. Three NCC candidates and one from the Nationa Organisation of International Socialist Societies (NOISS) places on the nine right to organise Transport & General Workers Union have agreed to speak to the drivers employed b trunwick with a view to recruite mom aure bringing them out in support of the APEX Given the attitude of the company, who pay 225 for a 35-hour week, and 28 for a 40-hour week, it is obvious that the fight for union recognition, reinstatement of victimand improved conditions is going to be a hard and maybe a long one The strikers are aware of this and have been discussing ways in which to escalate the struggle. Even here management are preparwhy the new barbed wire and ea. omnerwise netting which has been put up outside the About half the strikers are women, and although they are very much involved in the organisation of the strike (they are half the strike committee, for instance] they still face commitments and probiems such as ramy greater language difficulties than the men. A member Charter Campaign spoke to a meeting of the