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Todd pressed by hard right

· Socialist Viewpoint no. 13, July 1986 · p 19 · 131 words

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IT looks as if the hard right majority in the leadership of the

IGWU is far from satisfied with the speed with which Ron Todd has been moving in their

remarkable untratern at the of the union's

General Executive Council last week.

Todd was snubbed when the meeting refused to accept his nominee for

Executive and the General Council of holds the job.

Morris's candidature for one of the I&G's four automatic seats on the General Council was defeated in favour of Wilf Jowett, TGWU Vice

The union will thus be represented by Todd himself, National Chair Brian Nicholson and Larry Smith. Rather than elect Morris onto the Labour Party NEC the Executive took the decision to reduce their representation from two to one; that will be Eddie Haigh, who already

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