END ALL PAY TALKS WITH THE TORIES

OPPOSITION to talks between Tories the over the Tories and the TUC over state control of wages—-which reach their climax Thursday — has spread to union. Leaders of the Transport and General Workers' p section, which organizes men in the power stations, have press ahead with industrial action regardless of the talks.

They are also demanding an adjournment in all negotiations on their £5.50 claim until the Electricity Council is freed from the government's instruction to hold down wages in the public sector.

The resolution, which arrived at the T&GWU headquarters yesterday, puts Jack Jones on the ho spot. Thursday joins, other top union leaders in talks with the Tories over the proposed plan to control wages. This powerful section of the union is The tort pleas of inflation and sanction industrial action regardless of any pay deal.

Tom Crispin, the transport workers' chief negotiator powermen's claim commented vestereav "The natonal committee were rather incensed by the attitude of the electricity council their freeze negotiations. They decided to asthe power and engineering executive now joins the growing chorus of opposition to any deal with the Tories over state control of wages. flect in particular workers power industry who already have had their claim stamped on he. cause of the talks.

Union leaders appear to be taking positions. THERE are those, like Ray Buckton of the locomen, who say the talks must end. OTHERS, notably the two "lefts', Hugh Scanlon of the engineers and Jones, who still seek a deal but want discussion within the TUC. sked for a special congress of the TUC. He i still talking in terms of a meeting of all union executives to discuss any Tory deal. Another one day strike will be launched by engineers in the Other union chiefs, led by power stations on Thursday to Victor Feather, are still desper- coincide with the talks at 10 ately seeking a deal with the Downing Street.

Tories. Feather's subservience to On Friday powerworkers' the idea of state control of leaders will meet to decide wages and joint control of the whether to take industrial action capitalist economy with the over their claim. government has even shocked This growing revolt is making right-wing MPs in the Labour chances of the TUC and the Tories reaching a deal increasBut hostile reaction from rank- ingly remote. Possibilities are and-file workers, especially those not improved by the fact that with claims blocked by the Tory the government has no intention cabinet, is growing every day. of giving any major concession Over 1,000 workers at Rolls- on rents, the Industrial Relations Royce, Coventry, are threatening Act or dividends, as demanded to join their foremen who went by the unions. on one-day token strike yester- The pressure from the rank day against the pay plan. and file accounts for the chorus state control Britain's bigg est o wer and engineer ing demanded the uni on at the top of the trade unions demanding a special Congress.

The full Congress met less than a month ago to thrash out economic pulicy for the next 12 months. A long and pious resolution was passed which mentioned everything but the most important topic of the day—continued collaboration with the Tories over wages.

The left, and particularly Communist Party, bore major responsibility for this sion of the issue.

Not one of their members in the TUC got up and spoke in favour of calling the talks off. And, of course, no resolution or TURN TO BACK PAGE evaPA workers vote to stay out Reuters and Press Association picket outside the REUTERS • ALSOPA LERICAL CHAPEL BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF TROTSKY a reply to Joseph Losey's film TUESDAY OCTOBER Conway H Red Lion Square (nearest tube Holborn ' 8.00 p.m.

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G. Healy (SLL Nationa admission building yesterday.

PRESS ABEOCTNTION from the NATSOPA branch secretary John Lewis to return to work.

Mr Lawrence yesterday thanked the strikers, who were still picketing the Press Association building in Fleet Street, for their solidarity.

Some Reuters workers joined the picket line yesterday and some National Graphical Association members-along with dustmen, postmen and other delivery workers—are refusing to cross the picket line.

Members of the National Union of Journalists have been told by their chapel not to do work normally performed by the NATSOPA strikers.