Hull AUEW fights pay limits
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RNME Bernard Dix These forces could be fighting with the firemen.
But on the subject of NUPE's pay claim and on how Dix would work for strike action in his own Executive the audience heard not one word.
No questions were accepted-the meeting was duly closed. All wrapped up for another year.
Only a fight for all-out national strike action to stop the cuts can prevent this dwindling charade of protest, ana open the door to a real defence of jobs and public Struggles are continuing in the AUEW against Hugh Scanlon's manoeuvre at Septr ember's TUC, in which he : defied conference policy to cast the union's 1.2 million votes in favour of the 12month rule.
Now a recalled union conference is to be held.
Hull AUEW District Committee last Wednesday passed a resolution to that conference, spelling out a rejection of Scanion's back door wage This Branch calls upon all delegates at the recalled conference to reject the 12 month rule which fetters any return to free wage bargaining.
As our membership's interests lie in protecting their standard of living we call upon conference to implement the following policies:
1. Complete support and official backing for any section of the AUEW who oppose any further erosion of living standards.
2. Conference to campaign now for all gains to be protected by cost of living clauses in all wage negotiations in the form of a sliding scale of wages.
3. Cost of living index to be compiled by a committee of brothers and sisters at nonferenee level and reviewed monthly.
4. Branch also calls for serious consideration as to alliance with any other section of the Trade Union movement that oppose the deterioration in living standards.
5. m Copy to District Committee.
The Hull policy should be taken up throughout the AUEW. and generalising their struggle bringing in the miners' experience of fighting government.
Miners saw the parallels with their battle with Heath in 1974:
It was just like this in 1974-its exactly the same as with the Tories'.
The need is for the firemen to smash the 10% and bring down the government.
The Kent miners adopt a fire station' policy is an embryo of how this can be done.
But such a link up needs generalising into full Councils of Action which ean develop as the alternative basis of workers' power in local areas.
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