Defeated US miners' murdered

Workers Press no. 71, 7 January 1970 · scan page 2

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JOSEPH YABLONSKI, defeated candidate in the recent ballot for the leadership of the US United Mine Workers' Union, was found on Monday, together with his wife and daughter, brutally murdered in his Clarksville, Pennsylvania, home.

Yablonski's campaign against the sitting president Tony Boyle in the December elections had the support of many militant miners, sickened by years of gangster leadership in the union.

Despite every kind of chicanery on Boyle's part Yablonski won 43,307 votes to Boyle's 75,680.

Yablonski afterwards described the election as 'the most dishonest in the history of the American labour movement', and his supporters registered 100 separate complaints of ballot-rigging with the government's Labour Department.

Saturday and Sunday, January 10 and 11 1970 marks the 19th year of the Young Socialists' official newspaper. Selling at 4d for 16 three-colour pages and witl a circulation of 20,000, it is the foremost youth paper in Saturday, January 10 East India Hall, East India London, E.14 After a meeting with national officials, BritishLeyland conceded payment of the men's demands, which were formulated soon after the Maxi was intro• uced last Spring A nine-week of action as the rio to Cut by half During this dispute, the ompany broke national agree. ments by Chece-wont-shitt hour.

his they deducted for al most unprecedented 23 con e instruction of sered Deede of the portant victory Decembe No more action Stewards point out that if the employers had been able can reduce output by 25 per cent and still get £20 a week tively available.

victory major attacking piece-work. KEEP LEFT WEEKEND RALLY the labour movement today. KEEP LEFT INVITES ALL ITS READERS TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2.30 p.m.

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