ly GRAHAM WILLIAMS (TASS, Leeds)
DEMANDS that action rank-and-file campaign in support of the Birmingham on 20 November.
sach a campaign itself.
The conference was opened by Beb Wright, Altbough his speech adly condemned the record of the Labour Government and the capinlation of the TUC lo the Labour Government's 10 per cent mil an wires and the & moath rale, he fusled to propose uny ege that the Broad Left could The only definite proposal comming from the platform was a all for regional conferences of AUEW members to be caliod td panise local campaigns in the March elections and diseuss the BILIWE DIER ISESEER It was left to speakers from the Noor to probuse the soris of brosu actions that could begin to draw in he rank-and-file of the AUEW be laken now to launch a engineering pay claim for increases in the national minimum rate and for a 35 hour week without loss of pay. mere endorsed by the Broad Left conference held in But the factthat no specific proposals for action came from the floor of the conference indicates that the leadership of the Broad Left is fur from ready to launch into opposition with the Covernment'5 incomes policy and the right-wing endershin AUEW. conference endorsed a resolution /romn Birminghom shop steward, John Graham, for a conrac er shop sie wards a/o convenors in the New Year coste do to ae h a lear or THE WELT ARRAN Wie Cinn Cra to be submitted to the employers on 19 December.
TENE XIETEICT MISO LOGEE LU hack a call from a shop steward from Stockport for a lobby of the TICEER , WILE - me engineerns Employers Federation. doubtful that laersnip cr me brodd ct wu put much enengy or entusiasm into mobilising for such actions garci mcar repord of fasteres over the past few years.
While the absence of Hugh Scanion from the ranks of the Broad Left may give them and the Commorist Party a birmore rooc national bureaucratie practices will con show left One of the high points of tbe conference TCHICT CUC TuL BELAEr whole of the working class should support to victory sinoe it was the firs malor confrontation over thi Government': 10 per cent wage The conference was attended boylous leston of the Broad Teit only being hog-Lied to the lett bureaucrats who in turn are bound to Callaghan 1T03 UNCH LOTOP CACHC.
But the fact that they had to take resolutions from the floor, breaking with past practice, incant that even they realise there is a ferment in the rank and file Whether they will do anything about the proposals thai came from the floor and were passed is nOCE BREE ACC.
However the face Licir speech bya This ignored by the Solhull.
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