Bold colliery mediately organised for free coal to be sent to the camp as when they need it. The following day delegation the CaLlU went miners picket lines.
The Manchester Support Committee has called a demonstration in supsupport of the trade union movement. support so tar nas been tremendous all over Greater Manchester. Merseyside and Lancashire. We've support of between £6000 Cronton colliery has
Speakers:
Sam Thompson. Vice President Yorks NUM Michael Meacher MP Jonn locher, conted Secretary Malcolm Gregory Sec.
Bold NUM
THE STOCKPORT Support committee for the miners has been building solid support in the area, especially in the engineering union.
At its first meeting a developed as whether its main activity should be to go down to The picket lines to give physical support, whether it should concentrate on collecting money and fighting for workplace delegations.
This debate was resolved at its next meeting when two Lanes and two Yorks miners attended. They pointed out that although help was needed on picket lines the number one problem was money to pay for their own members to go picketing.
The meeting also agreed to organise a fundraising social. meeting of the support committee was better attended than the first, showing that support for the miners is growing.
Having miners at the meeting stimulated useful discussion on the police, the ballot issue, strategy in the strike.
North Avon Labour has agreed to organise a public meeting 24 April, and many CLPs have passed resolutions hoped that the miners will support.
be invited to speak at the May Day rally with Tony Benn.
Transport group adopted a resolution calling on bus employees not to cooperate in taking the police to break up miners' pickets.
SOUTHALL A KENT miner ee toured Southall Hig Street shops on Saturday and collected over £500 the Asian community for the fund.
At the same time, thousands of leaflets were distributed and further £75 collected on the street.