Tgwu Prepares Sell Out

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FIGHT TO STAY ON YOUR BACK There is no question of a TGWU District levy to back the Garner Steak House recognition strike, according to Catering Officer George Abraham.

He told strikers on Monday that if they raised such support for Garners strikers they would have to do it for everyone!

This marks a definite shift from Abraham's earlier statements that to get such support "takes time"-and makes it clear that TGWU officials have no intention of fighting this battle to win.

Abraham had earlier revealed TGWU intentions to sell out the strike in an interview with the Daily Telegraph on March 9.

He was prepared to call off the strike immediately, he said, provided only the employers would guarantee no victimisation and would abide by an ACAS recognition inquiry.

Determined

Abraham speaks only for himself, not for the strikers. They are determined to stay out until they win union recognition.

Speeches of this kind, and the treacherous role of the TGWU in not mobilising any real support behind the strike, creates confusion among the strikers.

The example of Grunwick showed that ACAS is not the solution for recognition, but is designed to subordinate the workers to the machinery set up by the state in order to head off struggle.

The TGWU bureaucracy is doing everything to prevent the all-out confrontation necessary to crack the employers. They continuously refuse to implement the strikers' demands for such a confrontation, with mass picketing and full blacking of Garners Steak Houses.

By such positions TGWU officials represent a real LIKE THAT OF ALL SOCIALI ST. THE OFFICIAL'S WORLD IS Al INTERNATIONAL ONE...

...ONLY THE SIDES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY! •threat to the strike.

But the fight can and must continue despite Abraham's betrayals. A strike committee respons ible to mass meetings of strikers must be elected at once to mobilise forces in this The strikers must mobilise for their next trade union branch meeting to pass resolution and call on Region 1 Committee to implement the following policies:

*No talks, no return, until the bosses recognise the union!

*Mass picketing to be organised every Saturday.

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CO 9. supplies and maintenance.

*A regional levy to finance the strike.

All messages of support and donations to the strike fund should be sent to: IGWU room 1 84, 12-13, Henrietta Street, London WC2.

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Impotence The present strategy of the NUJ leadership, which amounts to little more than refusing to sign the national agreement until a deal is reached, is a classic example of its wretched poker faced impotence, compounded by an arrogant belief that it is displaying good tactics.

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YEAH I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN LADS...

THE WORKING CLASS IS IN RETREAT HERE TOO!

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