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WE ycu, CARE FOR US COM emoloyees COHSE What if your employer has a 'union labour only' practice?

The 1980 Act established that an employer could not sack anyone because of such an agreement.

NOW all union-labour only contracts are unlawful.

(These are normally used to safeguard standards of safety, wages and conditions, e.g. construction, engineering).

It is even unlawful to refuse to make a contract with a subcontractor who won't employ union-only labour.

You cannot organise to put pressure on any employer to get him to employ union-only aign of rarliamentary obstruction.

Demand that the TUC leaders break off their cosy chats with the Tories in the National Economic Development Council and dozens of other governmental and industrial 'participation' bodies.

Demand that Labour ils defy the Tory cuts.

We must call for the leaders of the trade union movement avINO Trade unions can now be sued for unlawful action organised by its officials if the action is "authorised or endorsed" by a "responsible" person or body. These are to include:

*principal executive committee *any other person empowered to do so by unoins *an official who is a regular attender at meetings of the executive committee *any other employed official *any union committee to which an employed official regularly reports It will not be authorised if the union actually "repudiates" the action - as soon as is reasonably practicable.

But the union must not do anything "inconsistent" with repudiation. This means it will be even harder to get official union support for action such as recent ones at Foyles and St. Mary's Hospital.

'Damages will be on scale:

£10,000 for unions than 5,000 members.

£50,000 for unions 5,000-25,000 members.

£125,000 for unions 25,000-100,000 members.

£25,000 for unions with over 100,000 members.

This Bill attempts to undermine union strength with its provisions for closed shops, selective dismissal of strikers and increased dismissal compensation.

It attempts to stop workers taking industrial action by making more areas unlawful and offering the threat of imprisonment for contempt of court.

It is important that all trade unionists learn of these threats not from the media but from their own unions and activists within them.

ana tne Ivationai ExecuTIve OT the Labour Party to launch such a campaign to stop the Tories, including preparation for a General Strike. We must be prepared to fight to remove Parliamentarians, councillors and trade union leaders who collaborate and cooperate with the Tories. * We ourselves .. the militants, the socialists - must prepare on a local level, now. A General Ctrikes will ho wnn throuch the WOMEN are already the lowest paid, worst-organised sector of the workforce. The areas in which they predominantly work - health, education and AUEW OFFICIAL STROkE.

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