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TWO MAJOR blows were struck this week ogainst the Grunwick strike for anion recognition. calling off of the day of action to stop the scab buses on 8 August -allowing the massive support for the strike to be frittered away.
The orher was the ending of the postal boycort at Crickle wood sorting office nally initiated because of the mass picketing. step towards the mass baycor and solidarity action needed to bring rapid victory.
It was nor Ward who delivered these blows to the strike through his whining appeals to the courts. Nor the National Association for PTEOI WED IS SCHO UEIYCE and private postal network.
Nor were they the result of the HCяLIKSSME EREDOUE ment. The Gruswick have shown their determinarion LIR HEA PILC SIAC Foot. Cricklewood postal showed their willingness to take SODOM TI SECTE DETAC SMIECES as have the thousands of others who have srood on the picket These sethacks were the leadership of Roy Grantham and Tonn Jackson and their suppor ers in the APEX and post offic PAELCES URSOU ICZOCESILTS Instead of socing that relying on the courts could defeat, that Ward's appeal and the Scarman inquiry ure aimed as dragging out the dispute and de ror the stri en, these leaders for the stri? ers, these prefer to "take the heat out of the And where has reliance on the courts led the Grunwick workers SAICAC T-T OT COC SEOUE BIUYE Tom Jackson argued chat the DOvOE ar Cricklewood Bad stop because it might "Jeopardise the postal workers"
right to strike'. Since when ha the best way to win the right to ARE IRSAE ALUUR stop taking T BEEE nI when threatened?
PENTONVILLE 5 Had the Pentonville 5 done and thar. the unions would still he shackled by the Tories' Indestrial KEMDOnS AL. LIC DOE way W make sure that postal workers were given the right to Mrike woulld he to spread the boscart, demand the support of the TUC, ind appeal for action by the ranl muie n nec Walons SHOU the UPW be threatened.
Roy Grantham first suggested the court of inquiry to take the eas out of the slogan of APEX - which means was the thereby - origias the first national TELUYE Mrikers The workers ARIIE SLELEE unnecs result of the mo- that continuing the BIOENE prejucice The CONFRONTATION only lead to BuCTal alone in their Urging them on is the TUC thai would restore their in support af been to called for action which carly victory in the strike.
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way of seuling strike situation'. "MiliGrantham, hould join it. Beating your chesr with threats of action and mass pickets at a later while holding back the mass pickets and demobilising the mass support wotl for the Like Jackson, Girantham thinks mass action cour 0 inquiry". This is certainly true.
With the mass pickets growing the boycott spreading, and th WOLC SEMI CUSCrCu aaRaa full square behind Granwick are ikety to put presa ure on the bosses are much Ward through Scarman's inquicy to call it a day — before they find Stained ECHS VS ID SU OLE EE CUU frontation wich the labour moveGrantham and Jackson are not misleadership.
Despite its call for all affiliated unions to 'intensily their practical aid to those an strike", at oo TIME REILEHAMO IESTEUT ELLIOL the post office union and called for an extetsion of the boscotl Al Ro Dimie has It the solidarity strike HLIH wowld mean an Protection Act, upon which the TUC has placod so much emphasis as a fig latest ShoT D MS BH -a a, derour of inquiries which, even it the law lords do rule in favour of torce kers eheingeo the daye the employer to Al the moment the "peacefu]"
Employment Protection Ac *The tas been relegated to the dustbin.
Jackion and the rest lusurs hut os w vil Fascists' answer to Grunwick strike: