NALGO Conference backs CND

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In a surprise defeat workers should a Labour fra government be returned.

In a surprise defeat union, NALGO, voted last week to ballot members on affiliation to the NALGO's treasured role as a 'non-political' union in which management rub shoulders with workers has taken a hammering as a result of successive rounds of government spending cuts. .. While there is no prospect of a reversal of the cuts under the Tories, a fight is also necessary to press home demands of publie sector NALGO's present stance outside the Labour hampers that fight.

But there were other important setbacks inflicted on the union's Executive. A resolution was • carried pledging support for members taking action in defence of jobs and services-even if this action was strictly speaking illegal.

As one executive man said:

"If you have branch mandate to break the law, then please do carefully."

The resolution gives official support "to members taking industrial action in accordance with industrial action procedures, in support of their employing authority's stand against the The Executive was also defeated in its attempts to prevent the adoption of a policy of unilateral disarmament. The union's 782,000 votes will now join those of other unions already committed to this policy in this year's TUC Congress.

And the union also voted to support members . and branches who refuse to be involved in civil defence exercises such as Operation Square Leg.

The shift towards greater political awareness and towards the left in NALGO is a reflection of the moves taking place among other white collar unions and the working class.

The task of socialists in the forthcoming cuts struggles is to turn NALGO's general policies into tangible action both against axeswinging Tory and Labour councils and against the Thatcher government.

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