NUR must join Mercury fight
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Vest London - has already their support.
socialist Labour Fightthe Scargill gets it right inside By Harry WAGE-CUT PLAN I Heffer 'ROJECT Mercury - the privte telecommunications network rhich the POEU is refusing to unnect up to BT - is at the prefront of raking off profit rom privatisation.
Mercury intends - with BR greement - to run its cables longside British Rail tracks and ave them connected un by BR taff. The NUR national execu- -.+ on or as war ve has so far failed to respond › this challenge, beyond saying nat local reps should not enter ito consultation with BR over ercury - but this simply leans that BR gues ahead nyway!
Mercury will operate with ight radio aerial towers around le cuuntry, built on railway ind. Al least cne of these ›v. ers - at Willesden in North Labpur been built, using railworkers to deliver materials, provide lookouts, etc. The blame for this lies with the national union.
Having seen this 'awful tower' spring up, and having heard POEU members speak on their fight, Willesden No. 1 NUR decided last Tuesday, 25th, not only to call on the NEC to adopt a policy of non-cooperation with Mercury, but to instruct members not to do any work directly or indirectly connected with Mercury.
Since then, Slade Green depot on the Southern Region has blacked the cable-laying trains.
Despite the sometimes half-hearted tactics adopted by the POEU, it is important that other militants take up the fight in Join the Socialist ETGWU Cuts Women!
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