Stop This Right Wing Conspiracy!

Scan page 10

Part of the TGWU Kangaroo Court arrivin, On the second day of the TGWU Regional Inquiry in Cowley, à ietter was produced from Oxford Trades Union Council secretary and ASTMS Divisional Council member Keith Dancey attacking the activities of various TGWU members on the Trades Both Dancey and Trades Council Pracidant Inhn "I UNDI - PoMAr... who is also AUEW District President-also gave evidence at the hearings attacking TGWU members Alan Thornett, Tony Homer and Dave Pinnington.

Both of these people are notorious right wingers who were first elected after a witch-hunt against left wingers who used to be Trades Council officers led to the TUC closing it down and reconstituting it under right wíng control.

Two of the major charges raised against the left wing on the Trades Council were that they criticised officers of the TGWU and NUPE on the Council and the false claim that sub-committees were taking decisions.

Now not only are these two right wingers criticising officers of other unions, but they are actually part of moves to expel and remove trade unionists from office for life.

What is more, they gave their avidanno se offinare of the Trarlae LITT Council without ever having raised their complaints before the full Trades Council.

At a meeting of the Trades Council on Friday 3 March where the matter was raised, the President, John Power, ruled it "out of order"' to discuss what he and the secretary had done:

But Power and Dancey are not the only members of other unions involved in this witch-hunt.

When Alan Thornett's section RANSPOR 14/1. at Transport House, Oxford of drivers held their meeting to discuss action in his defence, AUEW Convenor Doug Hobbs instructed the AUEW members amongst them to "work normally" as this was 'an internal TGWU affair"

All of this highlights the coordinated nature of the witchhunt by the right wing. of all unions.

Drop evidence

They obviously hope that if thev assist the TGWU bureaucrats now, then they can count on support in dealing with their own militants in due course.

We call on all AUEW and ASTMS members to show their solidarity with those witch-hunted and demand that Powers and Dancey drop their evidence in support of the TGWU bureaucrats.

Resolutions should be sent through to all levels of these unions demanding this.

As the strike for union recognition at Sandersons (Forklifts) Ltd, at Croft,