Justice for miners | Socialist Action 1983

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April. Delegates representing NUM areas, Closures and paigns' reelected the campaign's officers and decided on a programme of action for the coming months.

The AGM took place in the wake of coal boss Sir Robert Haslam's anthat some of the sacked miners would be re-employed. Commenting this, Ine campaign's re-elected chair, Billy Etherington said that 'the results of the Haslam review have been disappointing. WITn reemployed, still leaving more than mine. workers sacked, no [Wo been treated alike.

"n kent. CKed been taken Women regional 'justice camback on, two have been reemployed but the other eight have been placed on waiting until jobs become vacant. So been both selective and a very carefully orchestrated publicity stunt.

The campaign's action programme involves OD. bying at this summer's activity miners' including major effort to build the Notts miners' gala in September major summer event.

The focus of this activity will be the Justice for Mineworkers Bill, written by Tony Benn with the endorsement of the NUM to enact the policy decisions of the 1985 TUC Labour Party conference. In so doing, the campaign hopes to make the issues of the sacked miners an issue in the general election.

Tony Benn was present at the AGM, representing Lne Campaign Group Labour MPs. He has writletter for Parties urging them to take up campaigning for the sacked miners.

Alongside this letter, the campaign distributing a statement be signed by MPs. PPCs and will be printed in movement newspapers in the summer.

The AGM registered the growth of the campaign now has regional committees : backNUM in Yorkshire, the north-east, the north-west and South Wales and other noncoalfield Newly elected NUM vice-president, Sammy Thompson was elected the campaign's honorary vicepresidenl • The Midlands NUM is staging a day of action on behalf of the sacked on 21 April, th latest in a series of stop which have beer taking place around the country.

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ONE HUNDRED people attended the AGM of the National Justice for Mineworkers Campaign on 12