slender hook. MICHAEL FOOT has managed to put himself back on NALGO's rather Replying to the TUC's initiative on behalf of the union's London Weighting claims he has made it clear that nothing can be done before the Pay Board report is issued at the end of June. All he could allow as an interim agreement would be a deal within Phase 3 limits grunting about 150 in Inner London and C26 in Even the recently scaled-down demands of the union are being treated with contempt by the Government, who are not BUREAUCRATS INABILITY Last Monday's meeting of the NALGO Executive showed the complete inability of the bureaucrats to work out a decisive plan of action after Foot's latost refusal.
action, banging in about b00 loo goi ernment and electricity workers in Hammersmith, Hillingdon, Kensington, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond, Handsworth, LEB and CECH branches However Tower Hamacts albd brought out on total strike, in spite of demands from the branch memberships.
It seems likely that the NEC will follow up this piece of ineptitude by calling Islington branch back to work, A meeting of the Emergency Commiller is scheduled for Friday 17 May when Islington's position is to he 'reviewed".
The bureaucrats plead that the cost of Keeping sington out and bi capers of bringing in other branches is excessive, since all workers are on full strike pay. But this cruse is lust a smokescrees for the real feur of the buccaucracy They are afraid that Islington is becom ing the real leadership of the struggle and that the addition of two more branches ready to play a full time organising role would pose un neutu threat to the cringing 'ofticial leadership. Asa member of the islin ton strike commitler sald "They'll be trying to bring us back, they u too afraid of what wo're doing This attempt at sabotage of the campaign must be met by a massive respons demanding that Islington be kept out, and that Tower Homlets and Hackudy branches and brought out immediately Large scale strike action-as tbe test effecte war thor the struegle can to carried forward-musr be initinted in all arcas. On the basis of this an offectin runk and file leadership can be buil wherever action is going forward. This Besdership can take over the campane from the borepucrats, and start to make challenging Labour's operation of Details are nor yer finalised of a picker of NALGO Flouse on Friday, but for of support, ring felingion Smike Commat ace: 226.5441.