Hands off the GLC! | Socialist Action 1983

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THE GOVERNMENT public spending to a minimum.

January will see anions' 'save democracy' London teachers to strike. The GLC's own staff association has voted 2-1 to strike.

However two problems still confront the campaign. The GLC Campaien Committee sees objective as informing the ciectorate of the government's to Milcutiol deprive them OI their democratic rights, exposing the political nature of the proposals, highlighting the loss to the dectorate as users of the services.

oFILi will this be abstract 'campaign for democracv' walct oooes politely the House of Lords — or will it organise London's unions for coordinated industrial TOR.

The union campaign is separate from the Labour have decreed that the London's first big campaign expect most administration and is itself divided into the *Democracy for London' campaign and the 'Save London' campaign. The for London campaign is being organised bv unions watch work within the GLC and inCIUC. UnOlS such NALGO, NUPE, GLCSA, GMBATU TGWU.

(GLC NALGO, personal capacity)

The idea is that the campaign should involve outside groups such pensioners, parents, users of public transport in order to bublicise the rok of GLC/ILEA and how i provides services for Londoners.

The Save ILEA cam paign is led by teaching non-teaching UNORS involved in Inner London represenilalive. parents' organisations. As Colivelu. within NALGO I see my part in the campaign spelling out to members that the GLC abolition means job JOSSe means thousands more Joining the dole queues. . Granted it can include a broad-based OPP TD OANID IATOATTOA ting public sympatly, but at the end of the day there only way the GLC/ILEA employee going to save his or her job and that is through extraparlamentary activity tively opposing the Bill Ihis is why it is crucial that tearca prien links up and Icallls periences of the NHS, the POEU and the NGA printworkers struggles, because at the end of the day their battle is our battle. Immigrant workers let down by SP-CP

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Greater London Council must disappear on 1 April 1986. It is a purely political move aimed at reducing

demonstration against this attack. The organisers, SERTUC's 'save ILEA' campaign and the GLC