opportunity: In the favourable far more sinister set of rulings. Tn an unprecedented and so Norman Tebbit, then chair. In the case of Spycather, the newspapers. The fact that any skulful campaign to denigrate of the party, masterminded a spectacular police raid on the injunction can be extended to programme, Mindful of this, those to whom he had passco before declaring open season the 'left bias' of the BBC and requests to gag both the BBC the showing of the Real Times newspaper to publish certain farcical flight of government far untested extension of the contempr laws, the judiciary and Duncan Campbell. The matcrial also extended to all considerable time and effort convenient diversion from a other unnamed parties on the the Tories have since spent This was followed by the GCHQ documents, to name employees — applied to al lawvers from courtroom to: what extent the judiciary 1s demanded redress at every BBC studios in Scotland to the Zircon case took place Spycatcher aflair, where the the secret documents, and — ordering him to return forbidding him to publish ray so of a judge shows to injunction forbidding onc soflening up their targets climate thus created, the has granted government courtroom created a on press freedoms. olber journalists.
union deals with emplovers and their However, the problem is that while the Electrical, Electronic and Telecommuni- AT THE CENTRE of the latest crisis is a key point of principle: the question of single- implications for the working class.
Saut E NUM SOLIDARI JOB AMNESTY the introduction of position is in open violation of trade union principles, the TUG majority is far from discussing a proposed code ot conduct single union deals. No agreed test has yet been produced, since TUC officials are keen to reach accomodation with the leaders of the Amalgamated Engineering will not accept anything which restricts Much of the discussion is whether such a The rue has developed a dual position over single union no-strike deals. They are declared not acceptable (or more precisely cations and Plumbing Enion (EETPU) A TUC special review body is currently Union (AEU) who have already said they their right to enter into such agreements. through which the TDC could control code should be compulsory or advisory. upholding a principled stand rather than prevent
union deals 'are the way of the future for 5 General secretary John Edmonds at the (CMB) conference recently said that single General, Municipal and Boilermakers GENERAL COUNCIL TUC This is the method that most of the general unions now see as an easy way to boost their flagging membership figures. improving workers' pay or conditions. to the head officc rather than a way of problem with them is what they represent as a method of organisation. With this type of dcal, union officials approach the fashioned" traditional approach of recruit- This type of arrangement of course prevents from the very outset any strong in some taser ley are not acceptable) in existing work places where other anions aTe deemed accoptable on new or 'greenfield" This ignores the reality of single union deals, on greenfield sites or otherwise. The employer with a proposition for a single inton arrangement, rather than the hold ing workers to union membership, and shop stewards" organisation; the union structures created are burcaucratised and under the thumb of full-time officials from the beginning, with union membership seen as a means of delivering subscriptions are arcady organised, but they SOCIALIST OUTLOOK no 8 July/September 1988 then demanding recognition. SICCS.
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