threatened sell-out.
Dromey began by accosing the Labour Governmeet of being the main culpres or the sei-back: the strikers have suffered over "Ever since mass picketing began there has been tremendous pressure from the Govermeet. The Cabinet has told the TUCs General Couneil not to de anything to rock the boat. They are scared it might damage the Eahour Purty electorally..
"Many on the General Council Tee inclined to accept this view. It is a very defensive attitede. le will be a sotry day for the labour movement if It cannot come out fighting against an employer who broken every rule in the boek.* PAPER SUPPORT leaderhip of the tour de official ment is concerned it is evident they have not the slightes wish to come out fighting. All the TUC seem likely to sanction 5731103 31 31 00102921 view that only 'co-ordination action on supplies and services would have any elfect Rather than back such a strategy, the bureaucracy of APEX cedure. Indoed their faith in such methods extends just relying on the labour Lowerment, but even to depending on the good offices of the Tory and "The APEX strategy" Dromey, was that they believed (ULC favour of the strikers, Thatcher Steel and Callaghan would come call for regis and nee NONSENSE Whether the APEX leadership tually believed in this pos All the signs are that the General Council of the TUC, the leadership of the Association of Professional, Clerical and Computer Staff, and the Labour Government are preparing to sign the death warrant of the Grunwick strike. All they are seeking is a decent form of burial.
But the strikers are preparing to resist this betrayal. Jack Dromey, a member of the strike committee and secretary of the South-east Regional Council of the TUC, spoke to Socialist Challenge about what lies behind the number of the rosior delegatons who had attended pickets, and that he a support would Dc cont coming Referring specifically Weish miners attending anothe mass picket, Dromey had this to You have underber that ta miners were under a pressure not to attend the mass piched be, Think programe need be, 1 think progressive sections of our movement will spond again. refusing to back the cal for cut-off in senvices, comminee wilLissue the call for a secood or third week of Whether a mass picket by itseif & sutricient to win the strike remains to be seen, Dromey also lends his support to members of the Bren: Con members stituency Labour Party to put an Party conference calling for the Government to natiocalise Grun closing the factory down "Giveo the nature of the present Lovernmen, Datonansacon 15 to said highly unlikely, Dromey argued the mass *But if ever there was a case for expected compulsory purchase it is Grunwick.
At the momeat the main worry to the of the Grunwick strike commit tee is not so much to persuade th Government to intervene in their favour, but rather to stop interTerence is: Tell the Covernmen to stop intervening against us.
Ingeiry to delust the situation This is why they intervened and it was not the strike set off our backs and recognise that this low profile approach is THE SCHICH ONCE LOT!
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but OFFICIALS Throughout Dromey was carefal to stress that the strike committee preferred win the strike would be led by be official movement emains confident that if cha doesn't take place there plenty of others who would step follie mass pickel MASS ACTION Court of In the interests of the our Government the the new referred to, are The men and women of prin ciple will back our call for a mas picket. There is a great depth of movement over Grunwick."
Some of those supporters Jack Challenge cerainly believes the TELETEr the central feature of any mass wards demanding tharee Lat demanding that the Lat to George Ward suggested in thi correct when he says that for the Government to agroo to such a demand is highly unlikely Hut if there is one way it can be gained it is through mass action so that une boreramcal Tocia has Itle option. This yet agai organising massive support fo mass picketing Dromes To pur it bluntly, there is no other way the magnificent Grun. Yes, no and maybe Trades Council is dominated b Commumist Party DUUPUTIED mude its presence felt there: Asian shops have been fire-bomoffices have been attacked, and Individual sellers of left papers The Edimburgl Ant-Raciet Committee hus been active i process it has mon the support of local unions.
i sew weeks ago were men three resolutioms the trades council: ime separate ones the local government NALGO called on the council to ALLOTE and sponsor sati-racist committee. The third from the trades council executive opposed any formal links with The CP split into three group during the voting. The largest backed the esecutive's attempts do restrict discession and confine voting to the executive's reso lution. They indulged in the mos anbelierable buresucratic neuvres [which COUT TIDDENTI correspondents night write up at for the Surplus Value columni], but these failed.
The second (including es-Chairpersol MEnTanus Poled wIto the tar aeL! In opposing these manoeuvres sennller group actually voted fo sapporting the anti-rucist commilies.
There were iwo recounts of executive Insisted on mosonanting then. The executive was defented by toer pates and the NAIGO resolution was passed [21 for, 17 agalnst]. Given the Front's plana for a rally in Edinbargh, the importance of this victory cannot be under estimated.
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