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RMT Conference calls time on right wing policies

Socialist Outlook no. 47, July–August 2001 · 281 words

Conference report

Transport workers

areg Tucker DELEGATES at the RMT national have the wing Executive's witch-hunt same time they have voted to serve warning to the Labour Party - support RMT policy nationalisation) or you could lose UHOS support both financial and political.

As detailed in last month's Socialist Outlook, the right on the RMT Executive was Sikorski and two other ment lett activists trying defend democracy. тасу.

To add to this attack one Turning right wing Branch brought an emergency resolution to the RMT conference calling resign over his role in trying Blairism.

sort out this witch-hunt. With Bue as coa oure ing which Pat and the others under attack were able to 0OIDouE answer the charges against them, the conference overExecutive proposals.

The emergency resolution thei politically near unanimous dismissal effectively giving an endorseeverything the tion that President had been forced to do to delend union democthe Party the RMT followed the line of other union conferexamining its relation with membership. Even this was too much for delegates. only four The conference went on to against it declared, "it cannot and will not continue to sup- tion to the TÚC's "Social коусташаслі Partnership" that has deserted its working also to call for a campaigr class roots...unless these dis- against the WTO general agreement on astrous policies are changed. we will no longer suppori The conference came at a time of success in the union's The right were reduced to campaigo safety role of the guard on however bad trains with the maiority of Labour might be it was the train operating companies reaching agreement with the only party toar coud repre- sent the aspirations of the ful strike ballots. OFFICIAL OFFICI PICKE

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