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readers to give full practical strike committees as the only support to the St. Columba's way of winning the pay claims occupation (contact Brother and supporting occupations. Dyke at the hospital or the 3) The establishment of North West Health District independent strike committees, Joint Shop Stewards Commit- Joint shop stewards' committees tee). and councils of action to coA mass lobby of the AHA ordinate and extend the fight has already been called for against all those in the leader. 5 p.m. Wednesday March 14 ship of the trade unions who at 14, Bishop's Bridge Road, refuse to take up a real fight on Paddington (near Paddington wagos or on the cuts. Station). 4) The removal of the The Rally ended with a Callaghan/Healey cabinet and unanimous vote for the follow- the building of a principled ing resolution as the basis for socialist leadership in the labour action at all levels in the labour movement."

Public sector workers from the major unions now challenging Callaghan and Healey's Phase Four of wage control met together on Saturday for a WSL Rally on the low pay fight.

The conference was chaired ance driver) who spelt out cleary ine necessity lor anuur strike action with emergency cover organised by independent strike committees as the only policy capable of winning, the full claim.

The demand for all-out, indefinite strike action is the key demand which the WSL has taken into the labour movement both before and after the token Day of Action on January 22.

Socialist Press has detailed in recent issues the massive victory. gained in Camden, where WSL member John Seymour (NUPE steward for Camden dustmen) led a principled fight for the kind of action which rapidly brought the local Council to its knees.

The Raily also heard accounts of the action in the Westminster Hospital and Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary.

In each case the role of the trade union bureaucrats was placed under the cold clear light of principled socialist analysis.

Gnostar etraccod the rivar- Speakers stressed the sionary nature of working-torule, selective actions and tepid protest gestures.

Contributions from the floor broadened the discussion to include the bureaucracy's attempts to sabotage the wages struggle in other areas of NUPE, the CPSA and the NUT.

The WSL has also been centrally invoived in the fight against the . cuts and several speakers linked up that fight with the wages question. •. - Callaghan and Healey were clearly looking for more areas to cut to inflict the cost of their defeat on Phase 4 on all sections of workers and the public sector in particular.

The biggest applause of the afternoon was reserved for Brother Dyke, NUPE steward in St. Columba's terminal care hospital, who reported that the workers there had taken the decision to occupy the hospital against impending closure this week.

Sncialict Prace "mac all ite letker movement the coming period:

"This Rally on low pay in the, public sector declares support for all continuing action by public sector workers to win the full claim, and will take the following policies into the labour movernent:

1) Full support for all workers occupying threatened facilities against closure.

2) All-out strike action with emergency cover arranged by tolerable in a union leader!

Following the vote of no confidence Eric Williams stated that he had no intention of resigning:

According to his own counting of the ballot papers he had just been re elected by a majority of 11 votes over his rival candidate John Wakeman, an IMG member.

Brushed Arguments that the elections should be held again so that members could vote with the benefit of knowledge of Williams' recent actions were brushed aside.

All this took four hours and the main business of the AGM, prioritising resolútions to conference had not begun.

The incoming Stalinist chairman insisted that the Executive can be given the power to choose the resolutions and refused to take a procedural motion to adjourn the meeting.

In fact the meeting ended in uproar. It is hard to believe that the leadership will ride out the year.