Trades Councils tion to each meeting of the TUC Regional Council in time for the Executive Commillee lo decide had experienced only merited be tween one and two on their sale As far as the strikers were concered the actual nature of the assault itself had little influence on how they felt about the dis. pute. What was important was too much for the General Coun cil, who want to silence every
potential criticism sistants (PO/PAs) at the ad- ministrative offices four miles - at least hall of them women - voted by 3 to 1 to support their postal colleagues and come out This act of solidarity probably had the greatest impact on the Norman Willis The main nim is to silence Trades Councils as a source of possble opposition to and the local branch of the union became involved, demanding that suspended pending an investigation of the events. Management refused to do this but instead moved the woman on to a duly away from the supervisor in question. The The TUC General Council's cost-cutting package, to deal with its financial crisis, inthe зиретутког
cil meeting to debate (using the criteria that resolutions would not he contrary to Congress policy... and should concem themselves only with the issue of direct con- In other words they are hanned from submitting motions concemed with national or inter- - anything remotely critical of whether the motions are ap propriate for the Regional Coun SOCIALIST OUTLOOK no 29, December/January 1990/91 com to the locality natinnal issucs, and The good news is that there will be on annual conference of which will elect delegates to the Regional Council. The had news? papers will be presented to them Regional Council secretarial. Such is the TUCs Each Trades Council will now Trades Councils in each region They will be stitched up in ad vance. There will be no resclu- be able to submit just one resolu idea of democracy: ly powerless annual conference is paign against the Pall Tax, and the General Council, and no Willin und co have seen the drift to the left of many Trades Councils over the last few years, as shown to a certain degree in their annual conference. The last one, for instance, passed resolu- tions calling on the TUC to cam- calling for the repeal of the Tory anti-union laws. Even this entire- doubt to a future Labour govem- The real motivation is not, of sued by TUC General Secretary. with the General Council will all cluded far-reaching measures in relation to Trades Council The annual conference, the TCJCC (the liaison committee be wound up - to save the vast course, financial, hut political, as Associations and the clearly shown by the circular 1s- sum of £37,000 a year. organisation. Page 4
SOCIa. New socialist paper launched! UPDATE There is a clear commitment tures and graphics on a number interesting (though again ton many words detract from the to informing and helping ac- Invists organise with a numher of The first impression, almost everybody reports, is good. It ferent to other left papers It looks like a real newspaper", Like the Daily Mail or the Sunday Correspondent (with different politics, of courset. It is well designed and relatively easy to read = though there are too many words and not cough pic- The paper has a strong inter- bationalist feel to it with the spe- world turns... being particularly looks and feels completely dif- cial 4 page supplement live up to the hype? overall impact). of pages. major political space on the Left socialist is the new paper A 24-page pilot assue was Preparations for the paper ment rightly believes that it needs its own voice to develop There is also undoubtedly a for a non-sectarian radical