for renewing the wages fight LaNC place from September. marked an important step forward for the union.
Delegates overturned support sacked and the 198s Tue congers. miners.
ASTMS had voted NUM favour of the resolution. At the Labour Conic cice •howeve Kinnock had applied pressure to the union and it had reversed its decision. The 1986 overruled NEC, supported the miners affiliated to the Justice for Mineworkers campaign.
On Libya the passed esolution condemning th JS attack and callir for the withdrawal of all US bases The resolution stated: 'This annual conference utterly abhors the act perpetrated by the US government against Libyan people. THE ASTMS conference, meeting in Bournemouth this week took a series of key policy decision which This furthermore condemns the prime permitting the use of bases in Britain by the US air force in order to take part in this act of aggression.
'This conference calls on the next government end the agreement which allows foreign armed forces to be baseen used On the conference voted to open a discussion in the passed included, 'this annual notes the Come Cice Party's ment to the reunification of encouraged, 'divisions and branches to obtain information about the situation in Ireland, decided to oTonole oocH discussion on Irish issues throughout the association and in the union journals, 'organise day and weekend schools at national divisional This resolution was against the opposition the NEC and the No 10, division which sought to insert an amendment which stated that 'while recognising that this is hardly a priority issue fo ASTMS members there is no reason why the issue of Ireland should not and called be discussed for this discussion specifically to include the views of No 10 division.
No 10 division always MPs, votes under the pressure of Brose in the norm o the north An extremely success. ful fringe meeting was helc on Ireland with Bernadette MICAlISKeY Maire O'Shea who is an ASTMS member The meeting was attended by conference voted to end the election of the union's uniT's representative by postal ballot. From next year the union's represen Will be elected a Stop the expulsions Reinstate Khan and Scally Wednesday 21 May, 7.30pm Digbeth Civic Hall Speakers include Diane Abbott and Ken Livingstone Meeting supported by: Campaign Group of Labour Black Section, LCI, Birmingham Trade Council, Birmingham and West Midlands LCC Birmingham Labour Briefing.
ACTION SOCiAlist THE WAPPING dispute over the fight to re-instate the 5,500 printers sacked by Rupert Murdoch's News International is at a very dangerous turning point. The tactics employed by the national leadership of
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YOUR WAGES PUBLIC MEETING ON THE GOVT'S WAGES BILL John Prescott MP and Clare Short MP, Shadow: Brady Centre, 192-6 Hanbury St. London E1 TIME: 7.30 p.m.
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