Coventry Labour Briefing no. 1
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by Cllr. George Lindfield
A aeaber of the Labour Party asked ae recently, if I wished to pursue socialist principles or get something done. It is tragic that there are those in our ranks who believe that achieving solid objectives for working people is inconsistent with socialise. This view is encouraged by a leadership which week by week is renaging even on the aodest intentions of past aanifestoes in the belief that the electorate are terrified of socialise. Coventry Labour Group leadership have taken this analysis a step further by actively impleaenting Tory Governaent policies. By acting as the agents of the Tory Government they have received the support of the local Tory press, the grudging adairation of Tory councillors and the ultiaate accolade, praise from Noraan Tebbit.
Not only is the Labour Group leadership faithfully implementing Conservative Governaent policies in the sale of land and parts of estates, school closures and general reductions in services but the whole principal of its econosic policy is a Tory one. Although the council offers low interest loans to private industries and supports the Warwick University Science Park these aeasures have a very doubtful and certainly unproved iapact on eaployaent. The sain thrust of the policy is based on stiaulating tourisa and hundreds of thousands are being spent on selling Coventry and prettytying the centre of the city. In fairness to the Group some of the sore audacious projects aay prove tourist attractions I am sure that people will flock from afar to see the Belgrade fountain "iaprovesents" and marvel at how euch could
be spent to achieve so little. The intention is to create jobs in service industries, an aie that the Group share with Lord Young. Lord Young is well aware that such jobs are usually insecure, lowpaid,and often non-unionised. Thus even if Coventry could be raised froa its very low position as a tourist attraction the results would be dubious.
The Labour Group should be directly intervening to establish Co-ops, promoting diversification in the direction of socially useful industries.
The Group aust look to its own eaployment policies and expand job opportunities under exeaplary conditions for all people and especially for woaen and blacks. This councils eaploysent record for blacks is appalling and career prospects for women are
bleak. Coventry is in the Middle Ages coapared with councils like Leicester and sany others were positive action policies are pursued. The Council is increasingly using teaporary jabs to
‘Ot coune what we're doing is wrong, but that doesn’t make it indefensible.”
avoid reasonable contractual obligations to its workforce, this
practice should cease.
The council should pursue socialist policies and have a coasittee structure to reflect it. People orientated cossittees aust be set up such as 1 a Women’s Rights Cosaittee, an Anti Racisa Committee and an Employaent Committee. The council should not hesitate to use its influence in national and international policies.
The Council house aust becone a people’s council house with creche facilities, greatly iaproved provisions for the public to eet councillors, currently a disgrace, and greater freedos of access to inforsation.
On individual issues the decision process of the group is also
very weak. Critical decisions are often taken with lisited consideration and little if any documentation, printed sinutes are not circulated or available to aeabers before group seetings. No wonder sany Group aeabers are often confused about what happened. On the decision to pursue parents for costs I have been qiven four conflicting accounts.
On other issues I have been sad to see the Labour Group aaong other things :
Renege on the decision to exclude the News International papers fro the council buildings
Pursue poorly paid school secretaries for one weeks paid holiday
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Appoint a Tory to the police conaittee
Refuse to give a public undertaking that the Coventry Labour Police Authority aeabers would vote to rescind the decision on the introduction of plastic bullets.
Increase the fees for some pre-school play groups.
The reaoval of two Asian governors froa Sidney Stringer Bchool against their wishes and the wishes of other = governors
intention of some leading group eeabers that Fran Saith and I will never be allowed into the group and the six aonth probation for John Mutton who is conaanded to vote with Labour Group even though he will not take part in the decision aking process this ain seeas reaote.
The actions of the Labour Group may appear like farce but the left aust ensure they are not a tragedy for socialise and the people of Coventry.
Its ieportant for the Left to publicise the inadequacies of the current Labour Group but clear alternatives aust be presented as well, These alternatives are available and action aust be taken to ensure they are iepleaented. There are those who believe that the recent influx of councillors together with those who are
currently denied the whip will shift the group to the left. This arqueent appears rather dubious in the light of recent decisions which are increasingly hard line. When coupled with the declared
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TURN BACK THE GREY TIDE!
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Editorial
Welcome to the new Coventry labour The local ‘Briefing' group involves a Briefing. To be produced monthly in broad range of militants active in the tandem with the new national Labour trade unions and Labour parties.
Committed to building the forces of the
Briefing paper, we intend it to provide a much-needed socialist forum within the labour movement in the city and surrounding towns.
in our movement is a critical one. But the demoralisation of large layers of workers and activists sits in stark contrast to the heroic struggles of the miners, the printers at NI, the Silentnight workers and others. The willingness to fight back is there. We see the need to draw the lessons of these disputes, as part of the fight for a new leadership in the trade unions and Labour Parties.
The situation
Locally this situation is repeated as Coventry Council continues to slavishly obey Tory government edicts, attacking workers at every turn. Our lead article
in this first edition by George Lindfield shows just how deep the reactionary Nature of the Council leadership goes. But workers in the District, both in the Council - the ‘dirty linen' workers, the = school secretaries - and outside, have also
shown a determination to fight back. ‘Briefing’ believes that the need for a campaigning socialist current in our movement is long overdue.
left in opposition to Kinnock and his sycophants in the movement. Committed to opposing the developing witch-hunt of
socialists. Committed to supporting and promoting the struggles of workers locally. Committed to fighting for the
demands of the women's movement, black workers, gays and lesbians, and other specially oppressed sections of society.
Our perspective - linked to the national Labour Briefing - is also a national and
international one. We will be taking up issues such as_ the continued British
occupation of Ireland, the fight against aparthied, and Latin American solidarity
work.
‘Briefing’ is determined to build a campaigning organisation in a principled but non-sectarian manner. We hope that our activities, and the local and national publications, will attract like-minded workers and unemployed. A welcome is extended to comrades who want to join us in this struggle.
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REINSTATE AMIR KHAN AND KEVIN SCALLY
Cllr Amir Khan and Kevin Scally were expelled by Roy Hattersley's Sparkbrook Constituency in November 1985. Their appeals were rejected by Labour's NEC on June 9th by 13 votes to
12. Amonst the 13 was ... Roy Hattersley. Amir Khan organised a meeting in Sparkbrook to discuss forming a black section. For this
he was accused by the constituency Executive of ‘bringing the Labour Party into disrepu te' and expelled.
Kevin Scally has been a party member for 17 years, and is active in the Labour Committee on Ireland, He was expelled for appearing in the Bandung File TV programme in which he drew attention to membership irregularities in Sparkhill Ward. In December 1983 he, as Secretary, received 140 membership applications. Many of these hadn't been signed by the applicants, some came from non-existent addresses. Kevin's request for an enquiry was answered by an instruction from region that he should accept all future applications "in good faith", In frustration he appeared on the Bandung File. Other members who also
appeared had no action taken against them. Coventry Briefing spoke to Kevin Scally about the reinstatement campaign:
"The support is very encouraging. ur major focus is Labour Party conference. Because the expulsion wasn't initiated by the NEC, we're not entitled to. appeal to conference. Amendments to Birmingham Ladywood's resolution on our case are key to securing a debate and our reinstatement. We're not of course allowed to attend, but we'll be there lobbying union delegations hard and
speaking at fringe meetings. Back in Sparkbrook Hattersley has really capitalised on the expulsions.
Sparkhill Ward has been instructed by the NeC not to enquire into membership. All eyes are now on Amir's councillorship. He comes up for re-selection this
year and there's a mad scramble to succeed him."
‘Conference believes that the party must remain a broad coalition of various shades of opinion and that tolerance should be extended to those who hold minority views.
‘Conference welcomes this tradition of tolerance, which extends back to the election of Harold Wilson as icader in 1963.
‘Conference notes: (1.) That while the majority of the party disapproved of James Callaghan’s televised denunciation of the party’s
nuclear defence policies prior to the 1983 general election, he was not subject to disciplinary action. (2.) That a large number of Labour Party MPs have criticised one or other aspect of party policy, without being} subject to disciplinary action.
‘Conference doesn’t necessarily approve of such public dissension but also notes: (1.) The rejection of the appeal against expulsion from Birmingham Sparkbrook CLP of Cllr Amir Khan and Kevin Scally. Cllr Khan was expelled for calling a meeting to discuss the formation of a Black Section. Kevin) Scally was expelled for appearing on a television programme and criticising the constituency party.
(2.) That both Khan and Scally are long standing party members who have given years of service to the party.
Conference believes that these comrades have not been treated fairly or consistently and calls on the NEC w readmit them to membership.
Amend the Resolution
To be timetabled for discussion the Ladywood resolution needs the support of at least 12 CLPs.
That means amendments. SUGGESTED AMENDMENT:
Penultimate paragraph, add: "(3) neither Khan nor Scally have broken any constitutional rule
of the Party".
In the last sentence delete "calls on" and insert "instructs".
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=" CIVIL SERVICE ACTION
Civil service unions have been in the news recently, with the renewed threats against union members at GCHQ, and the barring of the newly elected Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) General Secretary, ‘Militant’ supporter John McCreadie, from office by the Union's Executive Council (EC) pending an equiry into alleged voting irregularities.
Briefing spoke to a local CPSA activist about the reaction the GCHQ announcement amongst the membership in Coventry.
"On June 20th we were told that those people who had rejoined a trade union at GCHQ would be subject to further disciplinary action. Their increments would be stopped for 2 years, and anyone on the maximum of the scale would have their salary
reduced by 2 years' increments. This could mean
£2000 a year loss. Further action was threatened beyond this.
On Monday 23rd well-attended joint meetings of CPSA and SCPS (the senior grade union Society of Civil and Public Servants) members were held in the Benefit and DHSS offices in the city. There were overwhelming votes to take 1/2 day strike action immediately.
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The disciplinary measures were due to be implemented on July 1st, but a circular came round the other day postponing this deadline, with a national meeting being
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held between unions and government on July 22nd. So further industrial action is being held off, although pressure on MPs is being kept
up."
And what are the feelings about the General Secretary's election?
"Although most peorie in our Branch voted for the third candidate from Broad Left 84, they don't like what the EC has done. If John Ellis (the right-wing candidate) had won by such a narrow margin, this enquiry would'nt have happened.
Minor irregularities would be found in any Branch in a major election campaign. But I can't see any Branch doing enough to make the sort of difference we are talking about.
Members are fed-up with the right-wings games. But equally we don't think McCreadie should have gone to the courts either. That was playing them at their own QC's game.
I don't see much point in the call for a Special conference now being raised. It won't solve anything because it takes to long to organise. The enquiry into Irregularities would have already been completed."
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Gutter Press
weeees The "Progress Chasers" appointed by City Council leader Peter Lister to find ways of cutting council spending are due to publish their recommendations. The three, whose "brief" has been so secret that they have not even been able to meet together, but simply communicate by coded messages, are thought to be suggesting some tight measures.
According to our sources these include making children pay to attend school, having more
meetings in secret without secretarial assistance so that even more minutes don't get
produced, raising rents, and closing every other school in the city. . Darling of the Cuddly Left and leading Tribunite Cllr Bob Holland clearly hasn't
any children of pre-school age. Not judging by his remarks in favour of charging
E land, whose career has volunta laygroups for using L.E.A. premises anyway. Hol and, 4 recently blossemed. is said to have his eye on Jeff White's job as Education Committee
Chair when White takes his sabbatical. Shame if he gets de-selected before next May.
: i Murdoch's "papers" back into seceee how Coventry Council couldn't wait to get Cit ‘aie It's rea that Cllrs Robinson and Hardy, both understood to be avid "sun readers “just couldn't cope without their free copies. Solidarity with the ,
print-workers? ; "We should prosecute them" - delegate's comment at recent District Labour Party
The Thatcher government? Private contractors? No, no ... He meant the parents fighting school closures.
meeting. Who you might ask. this is Coventry remember. Across in N. Warks the right-wing has denied trade union delegate David Jones
nomination to the Constituency Party executive. Already on the cC, David was on holiday at the time of the AGM in February. A nominating letter from his Branch Secretary mysteriously wasn't read out. Seats were left vacant. At the next GC meeting four other delegates were elected to the vacant positions, beating vevid on a ballot, the papers for which had already been printed: Since then he has complained to Ereds Westwood at region, and Joyce Gould nationally. It's now in the hands of regional organiser Eileen Murphin. ly ld see it was a plain fidale to keep me off the Executive", observes David.
“Everybody could Strange isn't it how the Party's bureaucracy will jump quicker for some members than they
will for others.
weeeee Ne Warks Constituency's political pedigree can be judged by the fact that the same Executive has since actually had a vote as to whether to accept an application to join from a UDM member. The application was rejected by 9 votes to 4.
SINN FEIN COUNCILLOR SPEAKS |
On 9th July over 30 people attended a meeting arranged by Coventry Troops Out Movement to hear Lilly Fitzsimmons a Sinn Fein councillor. An elected represeentative for the Lower Falls district in West Belfast. She spends most of the time working in one of Sinn Fein’s Advice Centres, helping people with housing, debt or 0.H.S.S. problems.
Councillor Fitzsimmons, ona speaking tour of England, brought solidarity greetings from Sinn Fein. Her prepared statement dealt with issues as wide ranging as_ internment, the ‘“criminalization process” paid perjurers, Bloody Sunday and strip searches.
Her view of the Anglo-Irish Agreement was that it offered nothing to nationalist people because it made no attempt to remove the Loyalist veto. Further she believed that there would have been no agreement at all, if the governments of Britain and Ireland hadn’t been worried by the electoral success of Sinn Fein.
She concluded by saying that all the repressive measures will remain while Britain controls the 6 counties of the north of Ireland but that eventually the great majority
of the Irish people will have the Last say.
Richard Aubery Coventry Troops Out Movement
Footnote:
Coventry Trades Council is now committed to organising a Day School on Ireland, details of which we hope to have by the next issue of ‘Briefing’.
We will also be carrying a report from Coventry members of the Troops Out Movement,
who are going on a delegation to Ireland in the next couple of weeks.
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SCHOOL SECRETARIES
Coventry City Council leadership has temporarily stepped back from it's impending decision to unilaterally cut 1 week's paid holiday leave from school secretaries’ conditions of service. Yet another example of the complete lack of socialist perspectives from the Labour Group, let alone basic trade union instincts.
Briefing interviewed a Coventry school secretary about their dispute:
CLB How long have you worked for Coventry L.eneA.?
CA 8 years. First: the good news.
CLB How long as a school secretary? ft may Phe Council . wilh ine
CA A Junior School Secretary for 4 years. we are not bad news ig the
called Secretaries. We're known as Clerical Assistants, but most of us carry out a Secretary's
duties. / eel
CLB What hours do you work? fp
CA 26 hours, but I feel we should be there as long as 7S “- \ the school is open. We & (ian
CLB How much holiday did you have before this decision?
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CA 4 weeks.
CLB When and how did you hear of the decision? l2
CA When I received notice from NALGU in the school envelope.
CLB What are your feelings about the decision?
CA I think it is disgraceful. we are low paid and work very hard for the money we receive. Most of us take work home in the school holidays to finish because there isn't time in the last week of term. some even go into school during the holidays
to do the work.
CLB If the decision is adhered to, what can you or your union do?
CA Continue to fight. |
WARDS DEFEATED |
The practice of St, Michael's Branch of holding two AGM's per year to obtain the "right" result was paintained in 1986 but backfired on the Ward/McCoy faction, In recent years the Branch has witnessed the outgoing officers refusing to start an AGN because their faction was outnuabered and in the following year abandoning the meeting after the first vote (for Chairperson) had resulted in their defeat, The West Midlands Regional Office has on each occasion obliged with a recalled AGH several nonths later, Accusations have abounded of members brought into the ward with bogus addresses to attend the recalled AGM's and to maintain the Ward/McCoy faction in control.
This year at the first AGM power slipped avay from the old guard by the narrow aargin of tvo votes, Only after subsequent meetings in which Charlie Ward was selected as the candidate for the May Election did Charlie and Joan Ward declare their hand by identifying wo imposters who had attended the AGN and they thereby successfully appealed to Regional Office for yet another re-call AGH, However it is alleged that the two real members vere visited immediately before the meeting when it was established that they would not be attending and were immediately aftervards asked to sign letters saying they had not attended, These members and their visitors are regarded as supporters of the
Wards,
The re-called AGM was chaired by the Constituency Chairperson and supervised by the Constituency officers, The only unpleasant episode was when Charlie Ward challenged the presence of several embers recruited by Ali Khan because he had never issued any membership cards to hia, This was true but strange as Ali Khan had been the Meabership Secretary for the previous year! Fortunately Ali Khan vas able to produce a receipt signed by Charlie Ward for the membership monies paid in, In the event the Ward/NcCoy faction was defeated by margins of 13 or 15 for all posts, The new officers and post holders of the ward are a mixture of left and right, white and black (Asian) but are united in the intention of operating the Branch in a more open and democratic way than the old faction,
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SCHOOLS FIGHT TO CONTINUE
Coventry City Council is stilt publicly intent on reclaiming £13,200 in costs from the individual parents who took them to court in an effort to save their schools from closure.
This vindictive decision is entirely in Line with the Council’s overall anti-working class strategy.
The Coventry Campaign Against School Closures (CCASC) is
still alive and kicking, and fighting the Council ‘s decision.
Coventry Labour Briefing (CLB) interviewed John Stevens, chair of CCASC about their campaign, the current situation and the future.:
CLE - Why did you take legal action against the Council’s decision to close Schools?
JS - The legal action was taken as a Last resort against the Local Education Authority (L.E.A.) after all other channels had been exhausted. Let’s not forget that the school closure document "Future Choices" was rejected by 85% of those people and organizations to whom it had been circulated, including the West Midlands Police Authority!
CLB - What was the result of the case?
JS - Unfortunately for CCASC, St. Michaels parents decided to go on their own to the High Court to try and stop closure of their school on the grounds that it stood on “Church Land" and that they had not received "adequate consultation". They also argued that there was no fall in children seeking places at the school and that
the L.E.A. had purposly withheld funds for essential repairs. CCASC applied for a adjournment of the St Michaels hearing so that both cases could be heard together when better prepared. However the Council used all its political muscle to force an expedited hearing at which we found ourselves in court at the same time as St. Michaels in a state of unreadiness. The Judge Mr. Justice Mann found that the Council had met the minimum Legal requirement and ruled against St. Michaels. CCASC held a meeting and decided to withdraw, with the option to return at a Later stage. The Council asked the court to dismiss the case and allow them, THE COUNCIL to claim costs at their discretion.
CLB - When did you first hear that the council was going for costs?
JS - I first heard of the Council’s intent to reclaim costs from the “Evening Telegraph’ who rang me at home
on the Tuesday prior to the first Labour Group Meeting after the May Local Elections. They were now sure of a rightwing majority in the Council, afterthe close results they had suffered previously when they had passed their proposals on the Mayor’s casting vote after a 26-24
tie.
CLB - Why in your opinion are the Council trying to extract £13,200 from the individuals who took the case on behalf of CCASC and St. Michael’s.
JS - Before I answer that question Let me give you their
reasons as they would have the ratepayers believe:
a) The cost of the court case if not paid by CCASC would be met by the
ratepayer.
b) If they do not get the costs from CCASC they would be surcharged for misusing ratepayers’ money.
c) Not to press for costs would create a precedent.
Now you want my opinion on why I think that they are trying to extract the £13,200 from the action Groups. Quite simply they intend to bring in further school closures very soon and are hoping that this will frighten off any prospective actions from the parents of children in the next batch of schools to be closed.
CLE - What do you say to the council’s claim that they are legally bound to go for costs?
JS - Mr. Justice Mann did not order costs against the Action Groups. The Council said, "My Lord, we request that the case be dismissed with costs that would be claimed at the Councils discretion" Mr. Justice Mann said "so be it". So from where we stand the Council have no Legal obligations whatsoever.
CLE - How does CCASC intend to go forward from here?
Good question. We are committed to the fight against school closures on any other ground than educational. So when the next batch of schools to be closed is issued, we will still be in there fighting the council. What we MUST REMEMBER IS THAT EDUCATION IS FOR LIFE. Without education no industry can function be it Manufacturing or Service,
or whatever.
I hope that our Group in Coventry now calls upon the Action Groups fighting school closures in other areas to get together on a national Basis and form a NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST SCHOOL
CLOSURES to show the Thatcher Government and all the L.E.A’s that we are not going to stand by and watch our once great Educational System be reduced to a ODICKENSIAN system where THE RICH ARE EDUCATED AND THE POOR ARE NOT
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Coventry Briefing compiled this article after discussions with a city bus driver.
"T¢ we didn't take part in the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority the Tories would control it"
- P. Lister, Chairperson
The effects of the abolition of the West Midlands County Council are working their way through in the transport policy of the new Authority.
From October 26th the 1986 Transport Act comes into force, replacing the iaea of transport as a social service with the need to make a profit, Preperations for the big day are underway - cuts in services & staff have been announced, and despite mass meeting votes to oppose compulsory redundancies TGWU official Ken Colclough has already announced full cooperation with the management plans.
In Coventry speed-up is already in effect. For example the 32 Bell Green - Tile Hill North service is down from 2 hours to 15, the 23 Allesley Park route slashed from 45 to 30 minutes.
In the drive for profitability a number of services are to disappear altogether - the Sunday service to Walsgrave Hospital for one. Here in a nutshell is the essence of the new approach. The bus taking people to visit sick and dying relatives and friends doesn't make money - no bus.
Briefing MELTING S
Meetings open to all supporters and sympathisers are normally held on the 4th Monday of the month at Koco, Unit 15, the Arches Industrial Estate, Spon End, Cov.
Babysitting costs or a creche at the meeting are available, but please try ana give us prior notice.
August Meeting
Monday 18th August 7.30pm at Koco
Main discussions: South Africa (guest speaker) + nominations for the 1987 Coventry Municipal Panel
Published by Coventry Labour Briefing.
NO PROFITS -NO BUSES
Following announcements of redundancies in engineering (300) and supervisory (200) sections, it's now revealed that some 1050 traffic jobs are to go. This is over 25% of the W. Midlands Traffic Section workforce.
Mass meetings in Coventry, where 127 Traffic jobs are to go, have unanimously voted to oppose compulsory job losses.
The latest meeting was on Friday 25th July - just 4 days before Colclough's sell-out statement which followed the Central
Negotiating Committee meeting on July 29th.
Colclough's view that mass redundancies cannot be fought is the logival complement to Peter Lister's view that there is no way of challenging Tory policy other than by implementing it.
Even within his own terms however Lister's attitude is craven. Whilst the West Midlands Authority is limited to £3.2m for subsidies of non-profit making routes, there is provision within the new regulations for local authorities to use their own money to defend socially-necessary routes. Sheffield Council is taking up that option - needless to say Coventry isn't.
So on October 26th West Midlands Travel takes over the running of our services. Managing -Director Isaacs gets a £10000 a year rise (to £52000), those drivers who remain in work and those buses still running — get new uniforms, new paint and a new logo to develop corporate consciousness.
We get less services - what Peter Lister and Ken Colclough get is unclear.
Jobs slashed, services destroyed - thank God the Tories aren't in control.
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