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The next step in challengTHE failure of the news- unions to strike action if any paper owners to get Sean move is made against Sean ing the inertia of the official Geraghty sent to jail was a Geraghty for non-payment labour movement leaders, big blow to the Tories' anti- of the fine and costs, could and mobilising for a fight union law. An injunction get the Tories on the run. against the Tebbit law, is on had been served against But the official leaders Monday September 6. On Geraghty under Prior's 1980 of the labour movement plan that morning the Liaison Imployment Act. no such steps. The solidarity Committee for the Defence But the blow is very far with Geraghty came almost of Trade Unions will be from a death-blow for the entirely from the grass roots, organising a lobby of the Tories and the bosses. They and not from them. The TÚC congress in Brighton. can bide their time and pick only national union leader a weaker section of workers on Friday's demonstration Break links for their next attempt to of solidarity with Geraghty establish the authority of the was Bill Deal, president of The Mobilising Commitlaw - unless the labour the Fire Brigades Union. No tee for the Defence of Trade movement presses home the national leaders of the health Union Rights will be organunions or of the NUM were ising a contingent with the advantage now. slogans 'Break Links with Some union leaders the Tories', , 'Call a one-day actively opposed solidarity.
Albert Spanswick tried "to TUC collaboration with Steps now to break speak in the name of all SEE INSIDE: Page 7: Tories in committees like health workers against the How union action beat antigeneral strike against to call a one- Fleet Street action. EETPU leader Frank Chapple dis- The Tory strategy behind union laws. Centre pages:
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Socialist Organiser, 19 August 1982 Page 2
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