scab on strikes.
Unfortunately this did not happen last week as a response 1o the roie the troops are playing in the firemen's strike It occurred in the carly 1920 during the life ernment even more dependent STECHNI support Callaghan.
That opposition to the use of troops in a strike situation is WOTT TELALLA. I nothing else, iL provides suitable contrast with the antics of left Labourites today.
Take, for start Labour Weekly, which is meant to be the voice of the Labour Party Tun by that *oh national executive. But on the firefighters' Labour Weekly is the voice of sweet reason ibsell, I las warned that- neithet the Labour The march was organised by mcmubers of the Broad Lett in the CPSA, who held a meeting night before with Terry Fields, Liverpool Regional Secrerary of the Fire Brigades Union.
Now the civil servants low pay, and last week was a Left-wing members of the Parliamentary Labour Party succeeded in forcing a vote in Parliament on whether soldiers should have the right to refuse to Goverament or the FBU can afford prolonged 'bitter dispute and suggests that a cut in the working week committment wages in the 'might be enough to get both sides buck around negotiating table Aime te ise itted by Tribune. The December has a front Audrey Wie RIP. article Dy headlined The Labour move MOM must make the brennan a very special case. Ms. Wise is concerned about the sequences of the strike. "The very attempt to hold wages down in this rude and crude way. without reference to the merits of the cases, brings aboul a wage wluch will inevitably burst the dam and probably bring down Delegates to the recent Rules Revision Conference of the Civil and Pablic Servants Association in Southport had the right Idea about how to smash the 10 percent pay policy. They marched to the local fire station to present the firefighters with the £1,020 collected at the conference, and stayed to mount a mass picket at the station to show their membera throughour country They were protesting at the Goveroment's refusal to restore the Pay Rescarch Unit, a unil which calculates. for ciril servants on the basis of comparisons workers in other restoring it would breach their pay code along future the the Governmear at the same time' Ms. about the wage cutting policies as such, but onl that they are cur in a 'rude and crude way. She argues that are it 'very tha *this does not mean that the firemen are a suitable case for other sections of the trade La bättering ram for their own pressure This is rather typical of the EXETER Trades Council is to take action against o local electrical shop which has refused firefighters workers in dispute.
The shop, Kirk Radio of Sidwell Street, Exeter, window at the beginning of the recent poser workers' dispute staring that strikno longer served. The INDEE ATTIC SIE NEVER Kirk, is applying this to the FBUstrikers.
Exeter Trades Council has called for a bascull of Kirk Radios. against suppliesto the shop is also being considered.
Political kindergarten Tribunites enjo: around in so much. From a purely practical point of view it is abvious that the firefighters need the organised assistance of trade union militants up and In Manchester a meeting of 400 Civil servants voted overwhelmingly CINTEE for increase.
cost of livice index worked our by trade ahions Socialist Challenge supporter Viv- Laces. person, called for a campaign to set up such an indes in the the CPSA, a policy adopted ar the CPSA conference.
In Glasgow, 500 members of Tise» the DHS5 branch voted to sik their executive to proceed with with sintilar a Tele claim of industries. week's negotations did no.
resuil in restoration of the Pay Research Unit le West Scotland there were Teoeighteen year old spiciers at London's lurgestrecentline — aderopemsterain Bermoodsey down the couniry.
Wise is not protesting solidarity the firemen special case. and cent.
to take a running the lefts' in the TUC La £50 minimum serve und ether week's NUPE have notice In the SINES THE DISMR CINE CRESN will materialise is regarding the firefighters SLUKE BUS SWAIN but as a test case against the constitute inselt Even the leadership of the FBU asked the TUC to corn their fight into a forces of general fight against the 10 per holding That the TUC told the FBU surprised nobody, but what of Union of Public Employces the struggle whose members are asking for жавс 3Dvolving increases well over the 10 per cent was absent from inner cabinet" given £10,000 towards the FBU strike, which neoded is a fine gesture, hur in reality more of policies money than anything else. As far as action in support of the FBO goes, Fisher waits for the outcome of the FBU strike pursuing his own Such attitudes provide further contrast lo the 1920 Then, the organised left in the trade unions — the National Minority Movement - pledeed itself I March 1926 10. "Urge cach trades council to Fi a Council Action by moralising all the the working class movement in its localily... by continuous mass demonstrations in support of the sections attacked.. by sing excry nicans lo briDe all workers, nica and women. organised and unorganisco in Such were the policies fought for when wages were heing cut in the 1920s. They are the type that are nooded today to avoid a third successive yent of wage cuts. Bur equalls.
left leadership pledged to fight for such WOMEN are sittine the first round of examinations currestly being conducled by the New York fire department in its recruitment drive.
Over 27,000 men are being joined by 363 women in tests which Include a three hour civil service written exam, a mile-long walk and run including scaling walls and walking up and down stairs with a 12010 Cue Firefighters receive a wage of 19,000 a year, in Now York, and the current Cramunations Ste the airst to be held for seven years. Women have been exclud ed from the city's fice service in the
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• Civil Servants support for the firefighters' strike.