ANOTHER 'BLACK DAY'

Sitting with Judges R. Davies and Herman Roberts—the latter till a member of the National Union of Journalists-court president The fines, imposed because of the union's refusal to But Goad, a Party, could again Friday.

If he was once more, he new contempt court.

phasinal that ester nominal value of the stock to be sold did not mean that the court was increasing the fine. Nevertheless, the union faces a €5,000 bill for the Commissioners' costs, about £78 for the costs of the sale and also the legal costs incurred by Goad.

£100 change An expected balance of about €100 from the sale is expected to be paid back to the union.

Richard Southwell, appearing for the commissioners, said that theoretically it was possible for them to seize typewriters or other union property, but they wanted to fulfil three requirements in the method by which they took the money.

These were speed, cheapness and choice. a method that vould cause as little hardship to the union as possible.

Meanwhile, a lawyers' magazine suggested this week that the 'AUEW could risk further legal action from right wingers within its ranks for 'dissipating union funds'. The 'New Law Journal' declared:

It seems to us that if the rule book of the AUEW resembles in any way the rule book of most £69,250 SNATCH IT TOOK the Industrial Relations Court only 15 minutes yesterday to order the seizure of £69,250 from Sir John Donaldson instructed city stockbrokers Joseph Sebag to sell gilt-edge stock held in the name of trustees for the union. James Goad into branch meetings, are likely to be paid turned away could start a action in the BY JACK GALE AND DAVID MAUDE Union of Engineering Workers. strike-breaker, evangelist, and member of the Conservative attempt to get into the Sudbury branch when it meets next Engineering COURT TAKES ENGINEERS' CASH IN 15 MINUTES

President Sir John

other unions there might be grounds for a dissenting member or branch to consider action against the union for dissipation of union funds.' Quite clearly preparations are going on behind the scenes for further attacks on the union by the bourgeois courts assisted by Tory or right-wing Labour provocateurs among the membership.

Under these circumstances, the call by the Merseyside Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineeradmit Sudbury engineer over by the end of this Who man who 1 ourt after her Evangelist James Goad ing Unions for a one-day stoppage on January 19 of 500,000 Merseyside workers in engineering. shipbuilding, docks and building trades must be supported. But it has to be said that this is not enough.

For while these savage attacks on the working class are being unleashed, the TUC leaders are crawling back to Heath. It was announced yesterday that the Prime Minister has agreed to meet the TUC economic comsolzed 1 Tho tao 1 must orgı mittee at their request on day, January 4.

Although the TUC leaders claim to want such a meeting to protest at rising prices and government interference in wage negotiations, the Tories will clearly use it to lay down the line on phase two of their wages control policy. It is expected that Tory plans include extension of wage control by a further 60 days.

This step • by the TUC leaders is a betrayal of the hundreds of thousands of workers who struck work this week to protect their unions against the Tories.

It is a betrayal also of trade union members like the farmworkers, hospital ancillary workers, gasworkers and Post Office workers who are fighting for wage rises now.

These leaders must be told immediately: 'No talks Tories!' The only way to defend living standards and trade union rights built up over 200 years is to call a General Strike • to force the Tories to resign. That must be the demand from every union branch and every workplace.

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engin Fine Tubes This is the third Christmas that the Plymouth Fine Tubes strikers, their wives and their 53 children, have spent on strike with very little money.

These men have waged a bitter struggle for the most basic right a worker can possess-the right to belong to a trade union.

Strike committee members have travelled over 100,000 miles to sustain their fight This Christmas is the hardest of all. It has imposed a great financial burden. Now the 37 strikers face the rest of the winter with a depleted strike fund. January is always a difficult month to raise money to further their fight.

Yet they are determined to fight on. This is a struggle the working class cannot afford to lose. That is why the Socialist Labour League and the Workers Press wishes to make a special appeal to all trade unionists to take collections in their factories and branches for the Fine Tubes men in order that their heroic and determined action can be carried forward. All money should be sent to:

Fine Tubes Treasurer c/o 65 Bretonside Plymouth, Devon.

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