In the nest few weeks Socialist Unity group in most major TOW AS meetings 10 launch campaigns for elections to be held in May. The meetings, which will elect local candidates, are to be open to all supporters of Socialist Unity's class struggle programme, and will make themselves directly accountable to workers' organisations in their FIGHTBACK These are among the decision taken at a national steering committee or SoMal Unk On 15 January, Representatives and supporters of the clectoral alliance — from Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, Bolton, Oxford, Cardiff. Bristol, Basingstoke, and London heard national co-ordinator Bob Pennington arguc the necessity for a campaien to by COLINSMITH show the necessity of a their fightback against the attacks on local living standards of the working class, against racism and for women'srights. "Socialist Unity stands in elections to stimulate and encourage struggles against Lahour'spolicies.
CANDIDATES On the question of Socialist candidates and organisations, established: we will support those candidates standing on a cluss struggle programme. which stimulates the self activity and self-organisation of WOrKINE CISS oppressed against aspects of the crisis. For this reason support for the Communist Party candidates was rejected.
Other decisions taken were:
* Further approaches to the SWP and other otber lett-wing groups for jointelectoral slates.
production Socialist Unity provide guidelines groups on the main themes of * Promotion of black and women's Socialist Unity to discuss their particular problems.
•N echool for Socialist Unit candidates and clection agents before April.
• The acceptance of Socialist Chalenge s ouch or a tour pace supplement in the run-up to the elections.
'DRY RUN' Fromnow on Socialist Unity is in gear. As Paul and the Big Flame said, elections will be a 'dry run" for the general clection later in the Kean, last year added: "Local issues must he used now to highlight national politicalissues, JONATHAN SILBERMAN pamphlet.
for local limit, Chapple declared within Thompson of the local Socialist Despite Breakwell's bysterat the conference, the EEPTU execu ive was forced to pu productivity resolution which stated that a return to free callective *Only a miracle' could stave off a catastrophic strike in the power stations if the Government stuck to its 10 per cent short somehow keep the Covernment's policy broadly intact. The key to that is agreement on Although further productivrs denis are DoDossib 0.000 joba bave been lost i recent years - Chapple wants those past productivity increases to be rewarded now, in simply "flexibility" in applying the 10 G point Scanlor the gentlemen who did nothing for tbe firefighters. The future co-ordination of those shop stewards who launched the last unofficial action will be vital.
A conference of stewards in the power stations in late February should be the place aisess the management's offer and prepare for nationa action on the claim
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