[NEWS Sunday 28 October 197 Assemble: Speakers Corner…]

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NEWS Sunday 28 October 197 Assemble: Speakers Corner at 1 March to Trafalgar Square for 1.30 a.m a Rally wages for housewives.

The motion pointed out Smirking happily at the thumping pay increases handed out to them by the Tories, and delighted at Whitelaw's enthusiastic defence of Special Patrol Group thugs last week, senior police officers have been airing their views on how to weaken picketing rights.

A meeting of the Police Superintendants Association heard one delegate propose a five point plan including:

*restricting by law the number of pickets allowed in a dispute;

*ensuring chat picket are made identifiable witt armbands;

*clearer definition of so-called "secondary picketing";

#making it illegal to prevent people entering or leaving premises against their will;

*compelling pickets to notify the police before manning gates.

Another Superintendant from South Yorkshire, went even further, and suggested that pickets should be compelled to pay the wages of policemen called to break up their picket lines.

«Why not?" he asked. "They do this at football matches!"

While top police officers debate tactics and list their demands, the Tory govern. TUC leaders, is proceeding to formulate its promised anti-union legislation.

The present wave of struggles on pay and against the cuts, however, shows beyond any doubt that such legislation can be defeated by the mobilisation of the full strength of the working class.

But such mass action will only take place in conflict with • the existing trade union leaders.

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