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THE ANNUAL wage rise issue fot British Rail workers has been clouded by a massive propaganda fight within the NUR.

The National Executive Council, by a 17-6 vote, called a strike of all NUR members in British Rail, of the ISTC, moved the motion for the ban and he was seconded by managing director Len Raby.

As if this was not bad enough, Tommy Brennan, convenor at the plant, suggested that the ban be extended throughout the steel industry and added that the position of foreignmanufactured delivery vehicles was being looked at.

• The same man moved the anti-Tebbit law motion at BREL, Travellers Fare, and Sealink, for 00.01 hours, Monday June 28.

A lot of questions will have to be asked. Why June 28 when the NEC is disbanded for two weeks of the Annual General Meeting, starting June 28?

The first time in 56 years that the NUR has called an all-out strike, and the people who have done the negotiations are not there to listen and discuss any new proposals from the BRB. Why?

All that members heard and read in the lead-up to the strike was the General Secretary attacking the NEC, Militant, and the left wing in general. Is this the way to prepare for a strike!

When a strike is called, the NEC should go all over the country explaining why. Did this happen?

Picketing decides whether strikes are won or lost. Did the NUR include secondary picketing in its instructions?

The AGM has the right to overturn any NEC decision. The trouble is that 30 delegates to this AGM went uncontested [not elected].

The membership where I work Southern Region central division] feel humiliated. We threw away two days' money for a vote of no confidence in the NEC, which is about the only thing that has come from the whole affair.

The NUR has been destroyed due to internal fighting, and is now the laughing stock of the trade union movement.

BRIAN WHITEHEAD [NUR] Valium, you will feel worse