Democrati labour movement
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-01-28Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 14 →
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WHERE: Lanchester Poly, Priory St, Coventry. WHEN: Saturday March 6, 11 to 4.30 INITIAL SPONSORS: Socialist Organiser Alliance, London Briefing, Manchester Labour Left, CPSA British Library Branch, DELEGATES: and observers invited from all labour movement organisations. Individuals also welcome. Credentials £2. WRITE TO: Democracy Conferende, c/o Coventry CRECHE: Available. 28 Middle Lane, London N8. the Potteries POEU (Post Office Engineering Union) have been suspended for two years.
Their crime was to carry out the national executive council's recommendation to the 1981 annual conference that ballot papers for the Labour Party deputy leadership election • be made available at a branch meeting. They believed, quite rightly, that if any member was interested enough, then they would turn out to vote.
The recommendation (SOC42) did not reach the conference floor, due to lack of time, so arrangements for the ballot were left in the hands of the NEC.
In a letter to branches dated August 1981.
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ocialist Organiser no.70 January 28, 1982 Page