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Striking British Telecom workers r11 HA THE TORIES have introduced a bill to privatise part of British Telecom. In response, the National Executive Council of the Post Office Engineering Union is running a campaign against government institutions, now in its fourth week.
branch, but at the request of the London City branch, other engineers have pulled out of the Bank of England.
secretary of the London City branch of the POEU about the action.
What is the purpose of the selective action?
o stop the Tory bil rivatisation would resül in a loss of jobs for our members and the destruction of the public service supplied by a nationalised industry.
But the NEC's present action cannot achieve this Cuu. The action •єррси и The present IEC strategy of attackin government institutions is welcome but it is not a strategy to win.
This government cannot be embarrassed by publicity. Nor will it give in because the civil service government departments, even defence departments, are inconveThe Tories worship only profit they have demonstrated this • with their attitude to unemployment.
Our power lies in at tacking the only section of society that the Tories listen to. That means going for the centre of So far this has been confined to the Westminster Socialist Action talked to JOCK CAMPBELL finance capital multi-nationals. Our action has to hit the City of not just Westminster.
Do you think the NEC's strategy due to their right wing policies?
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officers, general Brval that we could win.
They have no wish to through our action. look to their own political BleW government institutions to get publicity.
But we want to totally we need to hit the Tors British finance business.
The membership have been very patient. In the L0fO0I they welcomed the action and the national levy, which JACKPOT Fiances Bo IPROJEC MERCURY the NEC has failed as yet to implement. But many members think the levy is too low at ti a week and are demanding an escalation of the action.
The membership disappointed with leadership and they won' wait for ever. If the NEC is not prepared to step up the action it will become ineffective.
Vill an early general ele ion affect the action General secretary Bryan Stanley and our sponsored MP John Golding would want the action called off immediately.
They would use the pretext of the election and possible return of a would se it. We need would oppose it. to take action, whatever the government.
Our fight is an industrial dispute should keep up the fight until we win Of course 1 is also a political dispute and we would fight for a but our action won't that.
On the contrary it will help. ficers, through the right scared of ou power. They do not want to defeat the Tory govern ment through our action That is why they have no strategy to win.