Dustmen their strike

SOUTH Wales area executive of the National Union of Mineworkers meets on Monday to discuss industrial action over the National Coal Board's threat to cut meal-break times, said its president Mr Glyn Williams earlier this A coalfield conference will also be called to consider the executive's proposals.

No meals The Board has said it is prepared to cut shift times, at resent eight-and-a-quarter nours, to eight hours exclusive of the meal times.

But the miners want their 20-minute meal break included in the shift time. Workers' Press correspondent patrols in the Falls Road-an essential part of the army's longer-term strategy for reintroduction of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

As Callaghan told the Labour Party conference 11 days ago:

'One of the most urgent tasks we have to do is to rebuild confidence in the RUC among all the population and to rebuild the confidence of the RUC in itself béhind the forces of law and order.' COMPLAINT On Tuesday, the Rev lan Paisley-complaining that the troops were not behaving 'impartially' told Stormont Home Minister Mr Robert Porter he intends to hold a special service for the far right Ulster Constitution Defence Committee on Sunday.

His demagogic warning that 'any attempt to interfere with Protestant people going to their place of worship will be very serious' is a last-ditch attempt to maintain the allegiance of his supporters.

But neither Paisley, nor the Catholic 'leaders', , can prevent workers on both sides coming increasingly to understand the real role of the troops.

They are moving in more and more to break Catholic and Protestant heads indiscriminately in order to preserve imperialist rule.

Callaghan's latest visit make more essential than ever the widest possible campaign in the labour movement for the immediate withdrawal of British troops. THE FORTNIGHT-old dustmen's strike continued to spread out from London as the Manchester men stopped work on It's a complete stoppage', said a council spokesman after talks between council officials and dustmen broke down.

In London only Wandsworth was unaffected by Wednesday as dustmen in Merton borough, although having no pay Claims their own, struck in solidarity with their colleagues.

BE ON GUARD Basildon, Essex dustmen have also struck in solidarity with London.

But all those involved must be on guard.

Following a press attempt to whip up health scare over accumulating rubbish, ominous signs of preparations for strike-breaking appeared during the week.

It is known the Cabinet discussed the dispute in the presence of the SolicitorGeneral and the AttorneyGeneral--both non-members of the Cabinet--which indicates that legal preparations emergency measuresstrike-breaking-are being made.

IN TUNE The Labour government is in tune with the Tories as this follows the call from Tory leader Heath for the government to take such measures 'if the local authorities are unable to cope'.

Any attempts at strike breaking by the government or anybody else must be resisted by the whole labour movement.

The dustmen's fight is very much that millions of lower-paid workers in Britain and must be supported, both financially and in every other way. ATUA meeting HULL 'Workers' Press and productivity deals' Sunday, October 12, 3 p.m Carron House Beverley Road DAILY NOW Two editions (For any two days you select)

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