Fight grows on UPW sell-out

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split by the attitude of the leadership of many of the production workers who with the exception of the Cowley Assembly Plant TGWU stewards, have refused to condemn the company blacklegging.

The other decision of the Craftsmen's Committee was to back any of their members if they were victimised. This was specifically in reference to the personal. attacks on Roy Fraser LEAGUE LEEDS Public meeting Why Vote Labour?

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Elastic Inn Pool Meadow Bus Station shea by folrose uta, ior t. d by Anvil Printers. Lond Tom Jackson and his loyal band of UPW bureaucrats are really bejinning to feel the pressure.

Their latest plan to sell-out the interests of postal workers has met with a less than enthus¡astic response from members:

Voting is now taking place on the vicious deal recommended by the Executive, where full time officials secured a majority for acceptance over the divided stand taken by the elected representatives of the membership.

Local action

As soon as the Executive decision was known, branches began to take local actionespecially in London, and also Liverpool. the 'he massive disruption and hysteria from the bourgeoisie caused even by these limited walk-outs and overtime bans showed clearly enough the industrial power held by postal workers.

Many of these local initiatives are continuing, despite the pleas and threats of the Executive.

• Fezistered as a newspaper at th Circulars-mostly anonymous for fear of bureaucratic attacks-have been circulating throughout the union, exposing the reactionary character of the pay deal, which not only sells out the claim, for improved wages and conditions, but also gives the go-ahead for 'workstudy' supervision, the introduction of part-time workers and a fraudulent productivity deal designed to disguise the massive speed-up required by Post Office management.

Jackson has responded by condemning the 'undemocratic' nature of such appeals to throw out his scheme with the bosses.

But his fury has been greeted with contempt by members who know the way in which the bureauçracy has attempted to gag all officers of the union hostile to the deal, and victimise workers already taking action.

His latest panic move has been an obvious last-ditch move to reverse the voting figures.

Although some branches have agreed to the Executive recommendation, huge branch Cont'd Page 11, col 4.

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AS WE go to press, late on Monday night, news is still coming in of the mass arrests of anti-fascist demonstrators in