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Cooley in This week sees a final stage would be for the four opportunity for the civil biggest and most militant » service unions to move to * unions, the CPSA; THE * A demonstration in London protesting at the an all out strike against the ;, SCPS, *the JIRSE. sacking of Mike Cooley by Lucas took place last government's unacceptable CSU to declare for all out On Thursday the Nation- The price of unity with The demonstration was made up of delegates al Council of Civil Service the other unions, represen- from a wide range of factories in the Lucas group. Unions will meet to decide ting the higher paid civil TASS members at the Willesden factory where on the next phase of the pay servants, is now too high.

Cooley worked have been on strike since he mamharchin reenonce tn -call ie delaved even longer. the pleas: for massive then the resolve of the unions The strikers were due to meet as we went increases in the levy to membership will ' be to press to decide on their next course of action. sustain the present selec- seriously weakened.

Particularly in the CPSA rank and file merabers Meanwhile, manual workers in the group Members are now paying there is increasing aware- must begin the process of -are having a 5% WAGE INCREASE FORCED between {1.25 and $10 ness of the bankruptcy of kicking out all those union ber week in order to keep continued selective action leaders who have been THROUGH; STARTING IN Birmingham. up the selective strikes (in (bankrupicy a being an exposed during the cam- Although stewards recommended a vote for addition to the pay lost appropriate choice of word paign, and replaces then strike action in response to the offer, a mass meetthrough walk outs. protest in every sense):

In the meantime the ship politically equipped to After Thursday's meet- government has gone onto defeat the Tories. ine the best outcome at this the offensive by suspend7% pay ofter. action.

• campaign, in the light of HELUGRDIMY tive action.

meetings etc.) : Moreover, if the all-out ing a further 148 tax collectors-in-charge (office managers).

Thiazeflects Thatcher's increasing anger at having: to borrow so heavily. to offset the huge loss to government revenue:

However it is clear that the Tories will. borrow and scrape for as long as is neeessary to defeat the Only all out action can win now. At the same time with a fishting leader danger Friday.

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