"We are nowat the stage where we can work Ior a siu Kneous internatona boycott of the Chilean junta' These were the closing remarks addressed by Luis Figueroa, President of the Chilean TUC, to 455 delegates at the Chile Solcanty campaen race union conterence on 25 October.
The conference was in fact dominated by the necessity to establish a workers boycott of the generals" Chile. neca for mis to be a central part or the solidarity campaign has been consistently fought for by the IMG over the last two years, and the conference was undoubtably a step forward in this dirJoe Kenny, from the Executive of the National Union of Seamen, announcca to ine conterence tnal a snip due to sail from Liverpool in the next few days to Chile would not now be going because of the NUS boycott. He stressed that our slogan should be No help for the fascists', and said that after two years the time for talking had come to an end. He believed economic bovcott: were effective, and that it was the duty of the trade union leaders to take up the fight for the boycott.
It was good fighting talk - but hardly suarce win me Nos executve decision to leave it up to the conscience of individual members to decide whether or not to sail to Chile Unfortunately not all the delegates approached the matter with even the same spirit as Joe Kenny. Merseyside dockers' leader Jimmy Symes, speaking from the platform, managed only to stress the ditticulties of getting rank and file enthusiasm and me usciessness or boycous mat lasted only one or two days.
BOYCOTTS
out that it was only because of the numerous short term boycotts throughout the world that it was now possible to put on the agenda an international boycott. He stressed that 'however small the action, it is still of vital importance'.
mrouza me conlerence was une neca to step up pressure on the Labour Govern ment to break all links with the junta. And pressure is certainly necessary! A Fund Drive.
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Subscribe letter from Madame Allende was read out, calling on the Labour Government not to send the two submarines being overhauled at Scott Lithgow's shipyards back to the junta. At the moment the Labour Government evidently intends to honour its contract and hand over the subs to the notoriously brutal Chilean navy!
But that is not all. As IMG member Steve Potter (NALGO) pointed out, the Labour Government appears to be tacitly accepting money from the junta on the basis of the renegotiated debt which it initially refused to discuss. He went on to note the report that the Labour Government also intends to take a soft line on the junta when the United Nations debates a resolution calling for economic sanctions against Chile. ty omy a massive response trom me labour movement will put a stop to these betrayals.
'ADOPTION'
The conference also heard from many delegates of successful campaigns that had been waged by trade union branches to adopt political prisoners in Chile. It was emphasised that not only does this aid our Chile borthers and sisters, but that it is also an excellent way of raising the political issues of Chile in every trade union branch.
At the end of the day the conference adopted a resolution which called amongst otner tings tor an cconomic boy cott, for no renegotiation of the debt, for the release of all political prisoners, and for the Labour Government to withdraw all forms of support for the Chilean But the weakest aspect of the conference was that the measures we should take over the next few months to win these demands were not spelt out. The conference was one of the largest and most broadly based the labour movement has seen in recent months, and certainly with this sort of support the demands can be won in action. Clearly the task now is to turn the fine words, supported by the executives of so many unions at the conference, into fine actions.
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