Liverpool: front line for cuts fight

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Published by the Socialist Organiser Alliance. 28 Middle Lanc, London N8. Printed by East End Offset (TU). Registered as a newspaper Union leaders are meeting again with Thatcher on the 23rd, in the desperate hope that she will accept the "no lisruption" clause favoure y the House of Common mployment Select Commi tee's report.

OPSA activists are putting motions to the union conference in May that will stop the bureaucracy offering and igning this sort of deal in the future.

All union branches must now make a big final push to et their members out on the 28th. And if the Tories don't back down, more industrial iction must be planned until hey do.

Two pamphlets summing up the ideas of Socialist Where We Stand - 20p plus 16p postage. 'How to fight the Tories' - 10p plus 16p postage. Or the two together for 45p including postage. From Socialist Organber. 28 Middle Lane, London N8 How to fight the Tories These Where ag: Tea we stand Middle held this Monday, 27th, to plan the battle, and council shop stewards have already called for a one-day strike on budget day, March 29.

Liverpool Labour does face internal problems. Its 51-48 majority over the Tories and Liberals on the city council is very slender, and some Labour councillors say they may not vote for the confrontation budget.

But if the whole strength of the labour movement were rallied behind Liverpool - and other Labour councils with a stronger position also went for confrontation - then the écubiers inde te pulled into for a major challenge to this service-slashing government.

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As well as strikers, the picket lines also included delegations from other workplaces and hospital workers during their breaks.

Dennis Kelly handed cheques for £500 each from the dockers to both the Women's Hospital and the Children's Hospital.

He said: 'What we have done today is only the beginning of our campaign against the Tory attacks on our health service"

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