AUEW Chiswick No 2 Branch all the national handling of the sacking contmucs lo mount.
Among the and to remove the executive all those THE number of branches of the Engineering Union seeking to remove executive over Derek latest call for support for Robinson and for a ballot - which is presently conducting an inquiry into Leyland's charges against the sacked convenor — are branches in sourn, day, Sheffield, Greenwich, Southampton, and the Chiswick No 2 branch.
Rule 15, paragraph 5 of the union rule book provides for a recall ballot if 10 per cent or more of the branches call for it.
A two-thirds majority vote of the membership in a ballot would then be order dismiss executive, including Terry Duffy, the union president, who is leading scabbing operation against Robinson.
But at a meeting of the North London AUEW Broad Left on SaturLa leading Communist member in the union argued against the moves to recall the executive. George Anthony, president of the union's North London because the right-wing executive was likely to win it. He maintained that we should simply fight for strike action to gain Robinson's reinstatement. Anthony also considered that the the executive would use a technicality find the sacked convenor 'guilty the charges laid by BL management.
Party Anthony's argument should not I besupported. While we certainly need district, said divisive, strike action lies.
challenging in the back Fi to of would wing. the call for a ballot makes it clear where the blame for demobilising the Exercising the basic union right of national executive over the way it has stabbed Robinson to directly call the executive to order.
Even if the executive wins a ballot, the left in the AUEW would be able to put the issues on the table. . And that help prepare campaign against the re-election of the right