THE MAIN rail workers union, the RMT, has decisively rejected Tory anti-union laws at its conference. Delegates agreed that the union should fight for the right to strike and to secondary picketing.
And in a cliffhanger later on, the conference decided to maintain the union's policy of refusing to accept govemment funds for postal ballotting. But when the rail delegates came to vote on the issue of backing the anti-Poll Tax campaign, the motion was lost by just two votes.
in a move that will dismay the Labour leadership, the union leadership suffered a massive defeat on the issue of unilateral disarmament. Now the conference will go on to discuss the issue of pay, in the aftermath of recent climbdowns by the union leadership over strike action. Page 14 July 6, 1991 No.5