spoke to Steve French, Assistant Secretary of Lambeth Trades Council about the conference to be held on April 23, 9.30am - 1pm, Lambeth Town Hall WHAT is the significance of the conference?
UNFORTUNATELY the British labour movement has yet to respond to the threat posed by the 1993 Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act, the results of which are graphically posed by the recent NATHE court ruling.
NATHE's recent strike was deemed illegal after the union had been forced to hand over its membership records to the employer. This is the first conference of any significance to counter this threat. WHAT response has there already been from the labour movement?
THERE has been great interest across London and even wider.
A supportive statement will be sent by the Campaign Group of Labour MPs. We want to encourage labour movement organisations to send messages of support for the initiative and delegations where possible. WHAT specifically do you think should come out of the conference?
IT SHOULD lay the foundations for a national labour movement campaign in defence of the right to strike.
We should ensure that the conference goes forward with an appeal for the labour movement, from top to bottom, to campaign on this issue.
The leadership of the Labour Party and the TUC should be urged to organise a conference in the near future on this subiect. • Further details from LUTURC, 12-14 Thornton St, London, SW9 OBL tel 071 733 5135. Early anti-union laws hit picketing: now the noose is tightening HANACWORTL HANDSWORTH LECTURERS DEFEND TRADE U HANDSWORTH LECTURERS CIVIL LIBI TRADE UNION RIGHIS ond CIVIL LIBERTIES College lecturers became surprised victims of the anti-union laws when their 62% ballot vote was overruled by judges LECTURES HANDSWORTH LECTURERS TRADE UNION RIChts ond CIVIL LIBERTIES