[immediately after the conference to examine 'the implications'…]
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immediately after the conference to examine 'the implications' . Union members would be 'advised' of the decisions.
The strongest feeling at the conference was undoubtedly that the EC had blatantly ignored and ridden roughshod over previous conference decisions. This came out again on Monday, in the post office section conference. The anger was directed at the failure of the EC to put up any resistance to job-cutting through new technology, or make progress on the draft new technology agreement passed by the 1982 conference, and also at the way it included an extension of OCR 'trials' in the 1983 recommended pay deal.
At the conference the EC pleaded that their hands were tied by that agreement! This position was overwhelmingly rejected, and the withdrawal of all cooperation carried until a comprehensive new