IMGpapers 1976–79

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

The Camden Resolution

Socialist Challenge No. 97, 24 May 1979 · p. 16 of the scan · 391 words

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page 16 of the scan

It's time to break off the calks, time to prepare a plan of action. And that's what the National Union of Public Employees conference proposed last weekend.

They passed a resolution moved by Camden Cieneral Branch, which we print here, offering a way of resisting the Tories, We must take our lead from this, and see that we fight the right-wing Labour and trade union leaders to get a plan of action adopted to light the Tories.

• Keports on the trade union conference pages 6-7.

SUBSCRIBE that the newly-elected government plan:

attacking trade union rights;

scale offensive against the public sector involving the imposition of rigid eush limits, cuts in services, and attacks on pullic sector workers jobs and living standards.

1. Conference against any limitations on the collective freedom of trade unions to organise effectively in to introduce legislation - intends to launch a full rights to decide decision will fight 2. Conference pursuit of their interests.

particular conference opposes restrictions on effective picketing, the imposition of restrictive collective bargaining and disputes procedures.

unions their own processes. the Accordingly conference:

(a) Instructs NUPE's representative on the FUC to oppose any talks with the Conservative goverament on the above issue.

states opposition to any system of cush limits and any attempt to the Interfere with the comparubility payments on this basis.

Conference will engage In a compaign against the Conser vative government's attacks on public sector involving meetings. demonstrations and Industrial action.

In particular conference will fa against increased miliMeanwhile our thanks to this week's contributors:

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(b) for the creation of a public sector alliance uniting all public sector unions under allack;

(ch among the private sector trade unions calling for solidarity of all trude unionists in defence of public services and against the government's astempts lo divide the trade union BEUTLUILIE PRUTALE sector against public sector.

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