STUC conference avoids key issues | Socialist Action 1983

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current on une national services, renationalise concerns expand moved by general attack as 'a threat peace. called for convenLes alold forum discuss the of emergenc motion by '82 provided sharpest gress. motion volvement recruiting cull and called THE STUC was held this year in Aberdeen from solutions withdrawn -rgh Trades Council opulsions. sent boycott of Murdoch lties. but i stoppea snort of demanding industrial solidaritv or mass suppor for the pickets.

NUR delegation member (personal capacity)

ed the the leadership's Running the risk the the Broad organisation in EETPU in 'challenging the leadership, ing the Was calin support unions. Printworkers lobby the Scottish TUC deen Trades Council allowing the STUC submit motions directly to overwas LOSU whelmingly. of the speakers in this debate opposed 'special privilege for any group'. The con gress was attended by 560 delegates of whom only 74 were women showing the very high degree of 'special privileges' enjoyed by women in the TUC!

Neil Kinnock addressed the on Wednesday afternoon and gave a very low key speech which did not mention the Liverpool enquiry or the current state of the print dispute. Predictably he attacked the Tories over their handling of Libya (he called for economic sanc tions instead of bombing!) bul gave only the vagues! pledge about what a future do with the US bases. He received a standing Uvas officers and the numerous Labour MPs who backed their case had recognised that fundamental issues of civil liberties were at stake wanted to directly challenge victimisation lists.

Following Tuesday's return WOrk assembly plant stewards emereen sessiol voted not to allow Hart back into the bani until he started supporting The ulUl BUSILUN 1/1107 branch will be pursuing the matter both within the TGWU with the National Council for Civil Liberties and the other unions intimately hit by victimisation particularly British Telecom.

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Monday 21 April to Friday 25 1986. This year's con- gress was publicly a very low key affair with an un- paralled degree of unanimity on most issues. The general council managed to have all but a very few