Expose Wright in office
Socialist Press1978 1978-03-15Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 10 →
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Terry Duffy, the right wing candidate in the AUEW Presidential election pointed out last week that he had "great difficulty" in finding any disagreement with the positions put by the current President, the one-time 'left' Scanlon.
Scanlon-whose flight to the right has been just as marked as that of his TGWU stable-mate Jack Jones-was the 'left wing' candidate when elected.
But in response to the profits crisis of British capitalism he has vigorously undertaken the job of policing the AUEW's 1.2 million members to enforce speed-up, sackings and wage control. control exercised by AUEW officers.
He proposes to end the system of regular reelection for officials which has made the AUEW the most democratic of the big unions.
And he wants to amalgamate with the viciously anti-communist leadership of the EETPU, notorious for their suppression of the least resistance from their rank and file.
Best exposed
There is no doubt that Duffy's 'Broad Left' rival Bob Wright will be drawn towards the same path as that traversed by Scanlon. He offers no principled opposition to the right wing.
Yet Wright can be best stated opposition to the EETPU merger talks.
For this reason Socialist Press
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