Levy campaign underway | Socialist Action 1983

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THREE HUNDRED people attended Saturday's in defence of the political levy organised by Coordinating Committee.

Robin Cook MP, Ron Todd of the TGWU and Ann Pettifor of the Women's Action CommitICC were the morning speakers. Peter Hain, Tom Sawyer of NUPE and Ken Livingstone spoke in afternoon sessions. Hain urged people to start work now to ensure that the ballot on whether or not unions hold political funds is won and welcomed the participation newspapers and organisations In supporting conference and the camThe 47 Labour Party affiliated unions have set up a steering committee to organise campaign before the 1986 ballots. This campaign, nowever. intends to centre its work around the need political funds in general specifically round Labour Party af Hain this approach and called for a direct campaign by Labour Party activists.

Ken Livingstone stressed that, at the end of the day, it will be the overall performance of the party in the eyes of the working which significantly influence the outcome any Call paigns. The political levy is completely the overall positions OI the and that should start with a campaign of the miners' supportig the local authorities faced with rate capping.

The LCC is calling for conferences on the defence of the political levy in the new the setting ad hoc Labour Party-trade union committees in each area lo campaign for a YES vote in une ballols oops!

Last week's article by Stuart Holland MP. on tre Nicaraguan elections (SA 80) contained three errors of fact for which we apologise.

Stuart was in Nicaragua for TWO. and not three, weeks during the elections; Claude minister. France's foreign of the Chall Irish Labour Party

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