KEN GILL, TUC General Council member from AUEW (TASS). Star, Certainly, presented 5 September seciclaty aLIUHS Dix pathetically But the ACCORDING to the Morning BaTOaVSCOueE ence organised by the Liaison Committee for the Defence of Trade Unions had been called to discuss 'the way forward for the resolution delegates for voting as they arrived referred of the important issues tacing trade unionists.
But the only positive action recommended by the conference was a lobby of the TUC on the resolution, with the introductory speeches LCDTU secretary Kevin assistant Bernard DIX no perspective was advanced as to, how to obtain the objectives listed. Just plenty of denunciAt least Halpin and Dix drew attention to the concordat, and even somewhat dissociated himself from Alan Fisher.
first platform speaker after the lunch-break was Ken Gill, the very same TUC General Council member who had publicly declared that it wasn't necessary to oppose the concordat. Yet not floor speaker even attempted to criticise Gill.
In part this was because the floor speakers were, as usual, tightly controlled the platform. This was made easier by the composition of the conference perhaps the smallest LCDTU ever.
The conference organiser announced that 556 delegates had registered, but a morning headcount indicated that only actually ateneco attendance which declined in the afternoon. Only 217 bodies sent delegates.
The sole polarisation of the conference came when ambu• Tonv Venthan acc uvc. moved a motion sponsored by Rank and File. It called for support for anti-concordat lobbies of union conferences and tor one das sympathy action in support of hospital workers 8nG nurses Wednesday 21 March'.
Although 60 delegates had signed a statement calling for the resolution to be voted on, Halpin' s ruling that the motion was out of order was endorsed by the conference.