NALGO stewards meet

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EARLIER this month 35 delegates from 16 NALGO branches from as far afield County Hall to discuss the way forward for the development of a shop stewards organisation in the union.

At present not even one branch in three is organised on a stewards basis. The central point of the campaign at this stage is the formulation of a model resolution to annual THE action by Liverpool school caretakers suffered a setback on Friday 15 October when a mass meeting accepted the recommendation by Stan Kelly, a GMWU local official, to return to normal working pending negotiations.

This decision was taken despite the fact that the Liberal City Council had not made any offer about the restoration of the weekend boiler duties. The arbitrary ending of this duty by the council at the beginning of the month had resulted in a £10 to £15 wage cut for the caretakers as well as conference in 1983, ensuring that a large amount of support is built up in as many branches as possible between now and next June.

The conference drew up a list of principles to be included in the motion and decided to publish a stewards' bulletin in November with the motion and supporting articles.

A further conference will be held next March to study the preliminary agenda for annual conference and discuss possible amendments to motions which have implications for stewards.

Branches which don't as yet organise on a shop stewards basis are being urged to do so, and examples of appropriate rule changes and branch structures are avalable.

For copies of the model resolution and more information contact Bill Hamilton, c/o Newham NALGO, _7_Chapel Street, London E15. Tel: 01472 1430 x 332:

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