IT IS NOT OFTEN that the leader of the Trades Union Congress aTtenos public meeting to build support for a local sinke.
But that was what happened In worn London last sunday when Len Murray spoke called by the Grun wick Strike Committee, Brent Trades Council. and TENT East Constituency Labour Party. •Whether What Murras had to say was of any great help is another matter entirely.
RECOGNITION The strike, now in its 16th recognition тапзсетепипо n Ine wores of the main began in midst general fightback against racist attacks, and again it is the immigrant routh who are in the forefront of the Grunwick strike. pite police harassment, which Led to the arrest of a dozen ats so far, it is they who union movement, cially over the issue of the Ing of Grunwick's work.
Such blacking is vital for a bessful outcome Grunwick de. entirely on mail order ntracts, the crucial Dared acking is the post. But th. Executive of the Union of Post Workers agreed to susblack last month the company offered to bide by the decision of the Arbitration, Conciliation Advisory Service.
promise was shown when the list of employees to Danot sent by management included managing director of the comat a pany but not the strikers.
The exposure of this forced issue blacking into again, and it was on this that Sunday's meeting Maurice Styles, of the UPW Executive Committee, make no promises but said that if the general secretary of APEX - the clerical workers' union involved in the strike wrote to the UPW asking for the blacking to be re-imposed, he had no doubt that the union wowetes.bona.
TRIBUTE Styles ended by saying that if any postmen were jailed for supporting black, would expect better treatment from the TUC than the Shrewsbury Two received. Murray ignored Styles's comments and instead merely to pay tribute' to the LADOUr Government for passing the Employment ProtecTON ACT Clearly Murray is not prepared to give tull backing to the actions necessary to dispute.
Des- Weekly therefore urges all its Teacers To Sene from their union Laces COUnCIS tuency Labour parties pledges- ing support for the Grunwick workers.
And should the blacking be re-imposed, support will be needed for the postal workers who carry out the blackino in tace of a renewed right-wing witch-hunt:
and reets strongly condemned the statement clearly from the Broad Left-led Executive which accused the far left of laying manoeuvre te way open for rurtner disalGrunwick ruse UPW limelight centred.
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