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HERE WE ARE LADS... AT LAST I'VE GOT THE RIGHT ship to win this strike must now resolve the differences on the Strike Committee and continue their fight for a mass picket on January 27.

This must be seen as a basis to continue the fight for a national TGWU delegate conference and a major demonstration The struggle against low pay is reaching a high point in the London division of NUPE.

At a delegate rally called by the London Divisional Council on Thursday 11 January, at Conway Hall, speaker after speaker from the floor called for indefinite strike action from 22 January, sweeping aside the timid proposals for 'selective action' made by the NEC.

There was a clear indication that the strike on the 22nd will bring London's public services to a complete standstill, including a total stoppage by Ambulance drivers, who have scornfully rejected the Executive's plea to maintain emergency cover, and in one area have already begun a workto-rule!

The ot the staging rally, HAVE YOU HEARD?.. THE TGWU HAS CALLED AN OFFICIAL STRIKE AGAINST A 15% OFFER...

(HAVE THEY' ALL GONE RAVING WHAT THE MAD?! HELL IS MOSS PLAYING AT?

THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN'S WELL HERE'S ALAN BECOMING A DISASTER! AT LAST... MAYBE HES WHAT CAN WE DO?! GOT AN ANSWER! attended by about 400 delegates was fought for by militants on the London Divisional Council, and was opposed at every stage by the Executive.

Already the Council has passed resolutions demanding that the NEC call for indefinite strike action, have successfully made the strike on the 22nd official in the London area and have established an inter-union strike committee.

The biggest danger now is that the Divisional Council rests on its laurels and allows the Executive to continue with its plans to betray the strike by allowing the action to fizzle out after the 22nd and settle somewhere in the region of 5%.

The concrete task ahead is to transform the militant mood of the rally into an all-out strike.

Members of all NUPE lay committees must force an immediate recall meeting of the Divisional Council and fight for an official call to indefinite strike action, which it has the power to do.

The, response to this call throughout the London branches will be immediate, and will quickly spread to other unions.

If this fight is not taken up, it will not only be a serious blow for the public sector pay claim-with repurcussions in all four unions involved in the claim-but will also endanger the future independence of lay bodies such as the Divisional Councils from the full-time officialdom of NUPE and set back the fight against the bureaucracy for firm. principled lead in the fight for the £60/35 hour week claim.

...AND THIS IS A STACK OF 54(1) BRANCH MOTIONS INSISTING ON ALL-OUT STRIKE ACTION FROM JAN 22ND!

NUPE KoSE WORDING FOR THE SETTLEMENT SPEECH!..

EP THE LEADERSHIPS CAMPAIGN FOUND NO RESPONSE FROM THE MEMBERS, AND WERE •THEREFORE FORCED, RELUCTANTLY TO SETTLE FOR ONLY...