Socialist Outlook

Socialist Viewpoint, International, Socialist Outlook and their supplements, 1984–2002

Labour Women's Conference

Socialist Viewpoint no. 13, July 1986 · p 24 · 189 words

Labour Women's Conference, while NUPE, representing half a million women -a substantial sector of the female workforce - had only 9 at

Thus while the victories of the left must, of course, be welcomed, the

that they were gained by effectively bypassing the major organisations of the working class reducing te ognited orale recognised

For while many left wing activists within the Labour Party are always tempted to view the union block vote as nothing but a bureaucratic dead

Ton the Party and its development, the truth is that the close political links between the unions and the Labour Party have

been one of the major strengths of the British labour

These links not only represent a historical rejection of pure syndicalism and a recognition of the need for unions to play a political role, but, furthermore, the decisive importance of the trade union block

formulating Labour Party policy and voting in the NEC forces left wing activists within the Labour Praty to go beyond the confines of the largely petty bourgeois Labour Party

Tand to take up the struggle within the organisations of the working class, to

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