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A new broadsheet is out from the Unregistered Alliance. Its lead article — which we reprint here calls for a campaign in the unions against the Send copies of the resolution to your union executive and to the Unregistered Alliance, Copies of the broadsheet are available at this Over 30 supporters from 21 groups attended last Saturday's Socialist Organiser Alliance Delegate meeting. Lengthy discussions were held on the witch-hunt and Party Conference. Minutes will be circulated shortly to groups and supporters, but the immediate practical decisions were:

• Next Delegate Meeting, October 16th. The SO USDAW. AGM decided that some of this meeting would be given over to looking at the Alliance's Constitution, and considering possible amendments. The deadline address. for such amendments has now been put to Monday, October 4th, and we urge all groups and supporters to consider the matter ACCORDING to the Tory press, even left-wing' before then. • The resolution on 'Police Trade Unions are straining Accountability' and amend- at the leash to endorse the ments to AGM resolutions NEC's Register and emon the Worker's Govern- bark on a programme oi ment and unemployed work expulsions. were referred to the Delegate Meeting on 16th wishful thinking. October. the AUEW (ES) is certain There was lively to press for a witch-hunt. discussion on improving Of the others, both. the the paper: full report next GMWU and USDAW are week. specifically opposed to such La course by virtue of decisions taken at their own NEC's proposed register.

Simple, clear resolutions are needed and fast, especially in the TGWU, GMWU, NUPE 28 Middle Lane, London N8.

1982 Conferences. And both the TGWU and NUPE can reasonably be expected to appreciate the folly of internal quarrelling at a time when the needs of their members cry out for Luckily, this is mostly a total concentration on attacking the Tory governOf the Big Five, only ment.

Michael Nevertheless, there no grounds whatever complacency. It will argued that we I 'Do it for Michael are for be ust will be argued that Tony Benn backed á (voluntary) Register as long ago as 1980. It will even be argued that the Register is not a witch-hunt at all!

Urgent pressure is therefore required in every Labour-affiliated Union, particularly the four big ones mentioned above. Some Union leaders still don't appreciate the appalling divisions which the NEC's Register would cause in Constituencies up and down the land.

It would not just be undemocratic. Its implementation would be messy, bitter and prolonged. It would guarantee that we lost the next Election. The Labour movement simply can't afford it.

These basic facts must now be forcefully brought home. Executives, delegations and individuals must be vociferously lobbied to oppose the Register. Your owii individual initiative could make all the difference in Blackpool.

The next few days are So make them really gunt declares for it being cast against the register and a purge.

Socialist Organiser is not just a We fight to organise workers struggle for a new leadership labour movement.

If you agree with what we have to towns.

To 'Get Organised' in the fight, us at 28 Middle Lane, London N8.

Name ly concerned that conference amendments on the recommendations of the Militant paper. in the in the "This conference is gravebeing in order and shall be placed before this year's conference for consideration in the normal way*

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