TGWU Election names releasec

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The full list of those accepthe Transport and General Workers Union was announced by Jack Jones on 13th January.

As expected it contains Moss Evans, regarded as Jones personal choice and an enthusiastic supporter of the Social Contract and Alex Kitson, supported by the Broad Left, who has kept his mouth firmly shut since wage control was introduced by the TUC.

Both of these top bureaucrats, unheard of a month ago to the vast majority of T&G members, have been clearly boosted by the capitalist press and television as the two "main contenders" giving the impression that a vote for anyone else would be a wasted vote.

"Next in line for treatment by the media has been John Cousins who resigned as a T&GWU national officer to become Director of Manpower Services.

He has injected a right-wing anti-political line into the campaign, arguing that the T&GWU through Jones, is interfering in government when in reality it is 136 assemblers at Massey Ferguson, Coventry, are still 'off the clock' following accusations of inadequate effort.

Massey Ferguson management has been trying to force production up to 48 tractors a day on two new lines introduced last March.

The assemblers were taken off the clock following a time and moțion study.

The 136 were immediately supported by a strike of all the 900 assembly workers in the plant, soon joined by 170 night shift assemblers and charge hands.

Management is insisting that the 136 can return to work if the 48 tractors a day production target is accepted.

Assembly workers argue that this cannot be achieved at present manning levels. the government through the TUC • who are imposing their policy oi the trade unions.

In addition to Cousins two ful time national officers are standing John Miller and Bil Walsh although Miller is labelled as a lef neither of them have been heard o: in the struggles against the right wing policies of Jones. • There are nine rank and fil candidates: Bennet, Dyos, Flaherty Fulton, Lyon, Moorhouse, Riley Thatcher and Thornett.

Tommy Riley from Metal Box it Bolton is supported by the Right tr Work Campaign and Alan Thornet from British Leyland in Oxford i supported by the Campaign fo Democracy in the Labour Move ment.

Thornett has a long history o struggle against the policies o Jones, against the Social Contrac against bureaucratic abusi within the union.

He puts forward a programm' which in our view is closest to th requirements of the working clas in this period and carries th support of Socialist Press.

The election gives an importan opportunity to fight for leadershi] and programme in the biggest ant most influential union in Britain.

LEAGUE

PUBLIC MEETING "Unionisation and Working Class Leadership"

ırsday 27th January at 8 I Oxford Community Cer

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