THE CAMPAIGN Against Political Vetting Victimisation was set up in the summer after hysterical press coverage of workers dismissed British Cowley plant in Oxford. It held its first public event at the end of last week — a press conference in defence of two more workers recently sacked by British Leyland.
Alex Lyon, chairing the press explained he'd been moved to set up the campaign.
'It got started because I was watching the "Cowley coverage on ine telly. I thought to myself, somebody is going to prorest about this. But nobody did.' The campaign's aims are broader uman protecting those sacked at British evand. We want to begin to change the climate of opinion in this country which makes it increasingly casy 10l openly attack the political rights of their workers.
To do this, we will collect and collate information on organisations like the Economic League, and on cases discrimination at WORK the immediate future, the intention is to Charter of Political Rights at Work, with a view to changing British law to protect employees' rights.
MOVES to expel a Militant supporter Gillingham have ended inconclusively. The local Management Committee decided both to suspend the member for three months simultaneously, not to take any disciplinary action!
The motions were conThe campaign holding its first meeting on Tuesday 29 November, al 7.30pm at the House of Commons Sponsors of the launch statement and supporting the campaign are welcome to attend. i you have examples of victimisation at work, please send them to • More information available from Alex Lyon, 23 Larkhall Rise, London SW4. 01-720 1525. MILITANT SELLER SUSPENDED cerned with the ruling of last year's Labour Party NEC that sales of the Militant on premises should be forbidden.
Two moderate wards tabled motions which watered proposed discipinary action. One of their motions calling simo ly for a reprimand was narSocialist Action 18 November 1983
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