IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Union solidarity

· Socialist Challenge No. 84, 22 February 1979 · p. 11 of the scan · 303 words

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page 11 of the scan

London on 3 March.

Pare the David Secretary, local stubborn Zimbabwe Union Zimbabwe African Union (ZAPU).

Chaos which *The question is anti-apartheid groups, Third World First and both the African National Africa (ZANU) and the It starts at 1lam in the London School of Economics, will hear speakers ation from ZANU and ZAPU, and urgent. will end with a demonstration to Downing Street at 4pm.

solidarity boycotting South Africa. RECENT events in southern for instance the coming majority rule' elections in Rhodesia and the trial make solidarity with the liberstruggle particularly We need to build in the trade and workplaces for actions such all trade In the North West such a campaign is already underway. A conference last November, called jointly by the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the North West TUC, set up a liaison committee to organise a tour by the liberation This will be especially aimed at trade union Public meetings are planned Manchester, Tameside, Liverpool, Preston, Blackburn and Burnley, with meetings in a number of factories, including GEC and ICL, both of which have extensive southern Afri can links.

We hope the meetings wil not only educate trade unionists on southern Africa, but also group together a number of trade union activists who can to build the solidarity campaign in the labour movement.

Such a network could, for instance, foliow the example of the Rover shop stewards at Solihull, who produced broadsheet on the links be. tween British Leyland and South Africa.

Along with other Leyland stewards they have taken action in solidarity with the struggle for union recognition by th black Metal and Allied Workers Union which branches in Leyland plants in South Africa.

°The North West Trade Union-Anti-Apartheid Liaison Committee can be contacted c/o 59 Tintern Avenue, West Didsbury, Manchester.

Socialist Challenge 22 February 1979 page 11

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