Organising for the NGA
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The back t the THE NGA dispute has brought an interesting response from the labour movement in Nottingham.
The day after the mass picket at Warrington I proposed to the Trades Council Executive that we call an emergency open meeting to discuss and plan a campaign in support of the NGA.
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ecutive de cided I idea on t he adv munist' 'Cr tary who warned that it would be difficult to organise and that nobody would come along.
Two days later, and after the NGA decision for a one-week truce, a proposal was put to the executive of Nottingham South Labour Party that if the NGA carried on with the dispute we call an emergency meeting for the same objectives. This was carried unanimously. The NGA resumed their action and the meeting was called at two days notice. 35 trade unionists and Labour Party members turned up.
From this meeting Notts GO executive n upon the TUC to The Labour Party has now gone on to organise a public meeting on January 17 on Fighting Union Laws which the full Trades Council has agreed to jointly sponsor.
This shows that the Labour Party can be used to organise around trade union struggles and enhance the class struggle.
STEVE BATTLEMUCH Nottingham IL
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