They came out with all the off the facherly chat, delivered in a bluff, "down to earth" Lancothe "left" that no-one on the left listens to any more — now plays for Callaghan and the National Coal Board Sam Scott from Northumberil thresholds were still in force, miners" wages would have been over 190 a wock by Apail this yer course, Daly did nor disberland's call fo threshold agreements. He just thought they for doing the job of protecting and all the r jobs that ed to be done." What he really meant was that they would stop the Labour Government curting real wages and increasing prices:
The executive's main attack wan reserved for composite No. 2, bowever, and the amendments of the Yorkshire area to the Nottingham resolution whích rubbornly insisted on the execu • wage of E110 a week for ace workers and 290 and E90 for ther undergroand and surface UNANIMOUSLY Daly was against lying th executive to a definite without alteration or bestitahands of the NEC too rigidly in forthcoming When wow have Gommier and Daly negotiate for you, it's not only their hands you have to lie the foor!
Being wedded to democracy. THE Tynemouth conference of the National Union of Mineworkers voted to fight for £110 a week for face workers from 1 November. These demands punch a hole right through any 10 per cent norm and the TUC-backed "12 months between claims" rule.
GEOFF RYAN reports and explains how the miners' right wing leadership are already trying to wrigele off the hook of the membership's decision.
Daly then went on to defend the ference had unanimously rejocted it. He boasted: 1 am that the miners cook The lead Ir supporting TUC and Labour getting 190 a week to compensate and w hy the average tamily nave suffered a cut in real wages of over EI0 • vince the intre duction of the Social Contract LIFE-SAVER The Nottingham was like a life-saver to the right bur less action. It did not ti anyone's hands.
But the Nottingham resolution still gives the NEC headache. Henry Richardson moying it, said: We mean by this Novenier 1977, and it we de not seck E135 get it, then we membership with a For the NUM leaders and Tony Benn, guest speaker at the LIAICICIC who daes. believe the vote is against the Social Contract ham resolution ls a moderale compromise. But for the working : it means (135 now and the words sock to achieve boil This is why the incentive scheme got such shor to East European productivity schemes lell tbe conference unmosco, ney were erucolly nol desperate to win a Stakhanovite amard.
The dumping of the Social Contract rubibed even further-salt into the wounds of the right. As member Joe Whelen causticalls remarked: "If you believe the resplution successful motion:
the NotingSocial Contract has benefitted the working class, chen you will believe that black car is lucky.* The decisions on wages, the propose Social Contract, and the produc (vity deals have pul the Press in a frenzy and have nor exactly bucked ap Denis Healey. Thes and his friends. majority of the executive will nor fight for these decisions.
Gormley told tbo conference after NCB boss Derek Erra had spoken: speoch for him. Mind, we said the things." Gormley Daly will now try and get off the Social Contract". It is true that the Cl have kent verbal opposition to wage conBut every militant knows tha he best way to have stoppeu Phase Phase Z. At every point whico tho struggle against incomes policy leaders of the trade unions the CP opied for the latter.
* Thar was why the toolroom workers struck and clashed with Henry Richardson, Nottingham, motivating We mean by this resolution that we seek E135 by November 1977, and if we don't get it we consult the membership about industrialaction.
La mouse thinks # year of TUC can fiddle the vote.
Yorkshire, However, the the demands of conference did nor втіе п and soled al conference. SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 14 July 1977 p4