attrilated to the TUC.
offices than with their employers. THE CIVIL and Public Services Association grew out of being a professional association for civil servants into a trade union Unlike the Society of Civil Servants, which organises the higher grades, the CPSA organises among the growing army of cierical workers and typists who increasingly have more in common with workers on the dole queve at the Department or Employment The dramatic changes which have taken place within the civi service are reflected in the political debate inside the union The right wing, drawing much of its base from the Ministry of Defence, is financially supported by the employers organisation Trued, andits main policies are wolous red bailing about the left being financed by Russian Gold, rather than any positive With thousands of cil service jobs now being lost due to rank and file group, the national executive.
one Socialist Workers Party describe how in the past few years open and public groupings of the left and right have emerged in the union - with the stroggle for different political positions taking place openly before the mambership.
This was capped at the CPA's conference earlier this month by the newly-formed Broad Left, in alliance with the Redder Tape Drama roar revEre majority on the union /nadership to win 20 out of 26 positions on The twenty positions held by the left include five members of the Communist Party, four supporters of the Militant tendency, supporter, and three militant left wingers On this page, three members of the CPA's national executive Give servants canne to elect ene most rem-wing by ISt Party. member, one Socialist Challenge repair the damage done the right wing, considers PETER COLTMAN, vice president of the CPSA and a member of the CommunPETER COLTMAN By and large the right-wing leadership did nothing con structive at all, We have to suppor members" interests which has not been done at al over the past 12 months, I see the outcome of the clections as giving an opportun ily to the Broad Left to deliver The goods It gives us a chance to show that we can lead the The Broad Left in the CPSA is a development from the usual Broad Left clection machine. Wehad our own conference for LISTENCI LACE members catablish policy, which was very open in terms of members participation.
Individuals have a right to attend, speak, debate and vote. The concept of the Broad Left conference is to identify rank and file aspirations and pur them into practice Broad Left members on the executive are members of the rank and file, not an elite, and ourselves accountable to the Broad Lef conference.
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