rubbish collection. banquet given by Manchester City Council a few weeks ago, Labour Minister Tony Crosland announced that as far as local authorities were concerned the party was over'-local government workers' pay and public services had to suffer. Yet the response of the NALGO leadership to these attacks has been muted-tied to the sinking ship of the social contract, tney would ratner sec their members drown than rock it.
NALGO's leaders are mandated to bring back proposals for industrial action to a meeting or all local government delegates at the annual conference if the claim has not been met by that date After the rejection of the employers offer widespread support needs to be developed in the labour movement for such action, linking it to the defence of social service spending. little action has been taken even to explain the claim and prepare the union members for industrial action.
CUTBACKS
A number or resolutions coming up at the conference reflect NALGO members' growing awareness of the need to fight the cutbacks. Even the moton from the National Executive Committee, while continuing to wave the tattered banner of the social contract, calls on the Wilson Government to raise public expenditure and improve the standards of public services.
Council branch is calling on the NEC to campaign directly and through the TUC for the restoration of all the cuts, and an amendment from Islington branch calls on the NEC to fight to maintain and improve services with industrial action if necessary.
Following a circular at the end of After attending a General Secretary, which called on those which were forced through, limited but in Manchester NALGO to montor and pudusa mortanoy immediately on any cuts and develop proposals for fighting them.
With inflation eating away at both expenditure against the effects of but so Lar rise in the price index, backdated to October 1974.
Unfortunately a motion from Islington NALGO at the time when 1½ per cent pay increases for every across the board and a £40 per week minimum, was referred to the NEC lost.
wide demands to defend the living The Greater London standards of workers in the public services, together with a rigorous defence of existing services, would ship abstains from mounting this campaign then it will be the job of the struggle forward.
ONERS branches to oppose any cuts and monitor NALGO's general policy has been one of verbal opposition to the cuts. Activity to enforce this policy has generally been together with other public sector unions, recently formed a joint action committee Local government workers are also fighting to defend their living standards.
resources and pay packets, the fight to defend both must include the struggle for automatic compensation of wages and inflation. NALGO is separately pressing the emplovers for an ongoing threshold agreement for 60p for every percentage the claim was being drawn up calling for per cent rise in prices, together wirl£15
ABOLISH
THE CONSPIRACY LAWS