Challenge supporter.
Al the last Trade Union Congress, the righr-wing leadership of the CPSA cast the union's 235,000 votes in favour of wage restraint, breaking the 1977 conference.
LULL WAS TO LEOLEETEL leadershup on this year's pay on askance at major struggles. BULLDOZE The witch hunt of Terry Adams, a full-time officer and member of the Militant ECLUCILS DATICULAC repulsive - as were the right's BELCIESE Dulldoze postal ballots into the union.
The campaign of socialists in the CPSA has been considerably strengthened by the fact that wer the past 12 months the Broad Left has emerged as an open and democratic organisation.
It was an open Broad Left list of left candidates for the which marks significant break in the practice of the Communist Party in the union.
CLEAR The Broad Left manifesto pur a clear line on: pay, cuts. johs, and on conditions of service and hours. It also took democracy, and women's rights.
the union's affiliation to the Over the past yenr, the left has wared acive against the assoult of the right, helped by the establishment of the Broad Lett's bi-monthly newspaper, which has gained a circulation of 3,300.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 25 May 1978 page 4 THE MAJOR electoral gains made by the left in the Civil and Public Services Association have much to do with the membership's revulsion at the activities of the right wing, which up to this month's conference 'led" the union, writes VIV LACEY, newly elected to the national executive of the CPSA and a Socialist Too Issues now racing the union present the left with clear 12L505 shackled by the Pay Research Con a sostein or so-called tan comparisers by which our pay is determined cliccovely re moving all negotiations from the hands of the rank and file.
The left has to fight for the best possible settlement within the Tramework search, mounting campaign on pay at all levels in the union, because tbere is no agreed to by the Government BEAR CHI WHETTESDE OPPOSE The left will have to actively departments tying 1o imple NELS especially fortnightly signing-on for the unemblowst. and these only be effectively prevented by action. priority this year is to really start the struggle for women's Tights. ursery provision and abortio rights. There bus to be a figh represented at all levels in the sexism of male trade unionists.
DelePates at the concence called for a national meeting of women activists in the CPSA.
ACTION Building rank and file action against racists and fascists is ahotber priority, and campaign will probably take the form of building Dit the Widest possible basis Servants Against the Nazis as a supporting group in the Anti 13117 OF Pay Rebig THE immediate task is to