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workers They have been out over miserable pay and conditions, for union recognition, and against victimisation.
Because, too, as the strikers are mainly Asinn and mainly vomen, they represent the particularly oppressed mem bers of this societ Because Last Monday a mass picket outside Grunwick was — in the words of Eddie Hayes, London Area Chairperson of the Association of Profes sional, Executive, Clerical Computer Staff "savagely attacked by the police.
The arbitrary mature of the more than one hundred arrests is shown by those who were BBC cameranerson Chris Murlowe, 'moderale Labour councillor Karamal Hussein, und APEX London organiser LEE ONSENBecause, too, the forces of "law and order" are incressingly being used against trade unionists, whether by judges oudawing traditional union WHEATHE arrests pickets. union movement behind the strikers. woeld include the Post Office union defying the jodges and boycotting all Grunwick's mail, as its business is mosily done by post.
After the display of law and order on Mondy. should workers words of the representative af such "justice'? person Car The strike can be won, by •.. undonists Mobilising the entire trade The TUC publicly calling for a This the entire trade anion moveCaion of Postal Workers If it is threatened by the Couris.
beed the sympathetic throughout the country. The feel Grunwick would ensure such such a boycott and by putting reception. ment at the disposal of the By ...
Stepping up the mass pickeling. and streagth which stopped them The TUC can also organise opening Saltley coal depot pared to the forces the TUC action during 1974 strike. trade STRET anding about Goverument publicly support enthusiastic drawing all police from the picket line.
por the the Grunwick workers, and police with the same show of the entire trade union moveLabour mobilise. the the Grunwick strikem, withFor over a year now the tin management Grunwick have trodden on ment. They are nothing comParty could Let the mobilisa"As We go to pross, Sowero is simmaring. All Behool: cin the townshipe are buing arrest of Sechabn Honislis, presidebt. of the RepruIng 10 climp down on thi students bator the fast demonstrations This is particutarly Inporant lo them since thn -stodits here succeeded in one of their sime smashing: the aparthaid Bantu Urban Council in Sownto On popes DAn Full background lo. the Soweto sonis We expose Mashinini's Grigorenko Letter What happened at the meeting lastweek * Hounslow Hospital work-in p.5 * Chloride Occupiers .P.3
2 SOCIALISTCHALLENGE18 June1977
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