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floor movement, exactly as the inquiry report into my victimisation was used in 1974 and the inquiry report into the victimisation of four shop stewards in 1976/7.

The report asserts - without a shred of evidence - that ''The political views of some of the shop stewards work against constitutional trade unionism on the plant.

Such a statement is very sinister indeed. That it can be iointly agreed with trade union Fight ORKERS AT THE Third Annual General Meeting of the Broad Left for Rail Workers we had the odd spectacle of 4½ hours of speeches and only half an hour of business.

After Terry Fields (Labour MP for Liverpool Broadgreen), Lol Kirton (ASLEF NEC member) spoke. The most amazing piece of news was that Tony Goldstein (of the Serpell Minority Report) might replace Peter Parker as boss of BR.

As Lol put it, "it's like puting blood bank charge Dracula in of the Arthur Scargill also spoke.' Finally we came to business. The main policy of the Broad Left is unchanged. The only challenge came from lan Williams, about the policy of one delegate to NUR AGM per branch. He proposed that we follow the suggestion of the NUR National Executive Committee (one delegate per 2,000 members of part thereof). This was put to the vote, and was lost by a clear majority.

Emergency - resolutions on Horwich and Shildon closures, against BRB rule book changes to allow DOO on all trains, on support for the nuclear protesters at Upper Heyford and on the violence of the police at these protest sites, were all passed.

With the return of a Tory government, however, the Broad Left will have to establish a much higher profile and a much more active appeal to the rank and file.

The company is one of the new 'hire and fire' sweat shops that have sprung up in the textile industry in West Yorkshire which mercilessly exploits mass unemployment among Asian workers.

These factories; using second hand machinery and workers who are prepared to work extremely long hours because of mass unemployment, have been able to undercut cheap imports from the 36p including postage from Socialist Organiser, 28, Middle Lane, London N8 8PL. industry. - have no safety guards.

Hence the importance of reinstating Liaqat Ali and the other workers sacked for striking in his support and for recognition of the union - the TGWU - by the management of the firm.

Messages of support and donations to the strike fund should be sent to the Aire Valley Yarns Support Committee, 34 Dirkhill Street, Bradford 7 nd loin "Tebbit's laws"

Finally the management of Hodkin and Jones offered to take back the strikers - on the company's terms.

Because blackleg labour had been set on, the return to work would be conditional on an increase in demand. Isolated, the strikers accepted these conditions.

Labouri Fight Party ORGANISER ilfor Socialisti policio f

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