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In a move designed to refurbish their badly tarnished credentials the officials of the government sponsored Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Services (ACAS) have decided to make a fresh attempt to ballot scab workers at the Grunwick film processing plant in North London.
According to reports from strike committee chairman Kamlesh Gandhi, this move has been approved by APEX general secretary, Roy Grantham.
Murray-despite TUC inaction, Grunwick strike still not dead.
(Grantham of course did not say that when the ACAS inquiry eventually comes to grief-as it must do-then he will stop strike pay and put an end to this vexatious stoppage).
The idea now that ACAS will write to Ward asking for permission to hold a ballot; if he refuses (as he will) ACAS is going to contact all the blacklegs at their homes and ballot them then.
If union recognition is then achieved-and if Ward still refuses to recognise APEX-then ACAS can haul him before the Central Arbitration Court and-have him fined!
When ACAS first bëgan its proceedings, Socialist Press pointed out that this was a legal diversion which could not secure victory for the strikers.
Similarly, the ACAS proceedings noW cannot secure full recognition and full reinstatement-in fact, they are designed exclusively to bolster up ACAS's reputation and provide it anew with some specks of credibility.
The Grunwick strike will only be won if and when grishall YOUR MAN AT THE TOP HERE HE COMES NOW...
CHRIST-WHAT A STATE!
HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, LADS? those workers who service Grunwicks decide to cut off supplies-post, gas and electricity, and water.
During the summer the Cricklewood postmen demonstrated their willingnessagainst the combined onslaught of Tom Jackson, Sir William Ryland and all of Fleet Street-to stand out in support of the Grunwick strikers.
The task now at Grunwick is to recreate the conditions which will allow post, gas and water workers to black supplies.
A systematic campaign centred around a resolution committing key sections to strike action in defence of victimised postal workers and in support of the strikers must be mounted now.
In addition, regular day time picketing of the plant must be resumed, and plans laid for the resumption of mass picketing.
HELLO TERRY... CONGRATULATIONS!
I'VE LAID ON A BIT OF A PARTY... LEN, HUGH, TOM & ALL THE GANG WILL BE HERE!
IT WAS HELL AT CONFERENCE-THEY EVEN WANTED TO LYNCH ME!
WHAT DID YOU DO?