to free the Shrewsbury 3, has been taken in Birmingham. Last Momlay evening, the Birmingham UCATT Shop Stewards Committee voted unanimously for a resoluThis meeting commits itself to an all out national atrike and pledges itself to begin this in the Bermingham area.
It was further agreed to elect a committee to prepare for the strike, demand the recall of the rotal councis lo endoric the resolation, work for pledges of support from other industrics, and hok a mass meeting in 2 weeks time to discuss the wood site endorsed the resolution at a mass meeting the following day. On Tuesday, the UCATT Executive gave official backing to action by the UCATT regional councils on Shrewsbury, follon ing a lobby of LICATT Healquarters by delegations of hilling workers. This official support now makes it casier for militants all other areas to fellow thie example set by Warmingham. Huikling workers shop sewards committees across the cuntry must declare for a rutional strike, set a date fur beginning the struggle in their seck to get the reginal Aku on Tuesday, the T&GWU called for a rational onoday soppage in the building trade on 15 Janury brewshury jollings, This follows decisions ny several disrecis to sunke on coat day. and a tall from the Londoe Trales Counal for a loby of l'arliament, Several otiser districts are due to 11 January, the day on which th: Shrewshury workers" hail heuring takes place These one day stoppages will and free the 3, but they can be used as Lays ad agnatice and explanation' these days to visit building sites which have not joined the stoppage and workers outside the building trade, bringing home the importance and urgency of defending the Shrewsbury 3, These days wan be used as an opportunity to gain further commitments to take strike action.
This work will be all the more successful i theru a a bernective of a nationa building Mrike. Other workers will not feel they are joining Just a protest campaign or a lost enterprise. It in thencfore absohitely vital that builling workers lay plans for national strike action immediately. LOBBY CALL The faslowing resulation was passes y te T&GWU 5/55 Brand, Oxford, "The bibs Brandi of the TBG resolve to lobby the spucial meeting of TUC Prasidents and National Sworetaties to demand that the TUC leaders organis moistanics to all redundancies and cios unes support all occupations and othe actions in detones of jobs and call. General Striko to remove the Tary Gusernment. We will fight for suppurt of this loliby through the Auto Motors Committ: 1 of the T&G tha Ditrict Committee and the Jaint Shop Srewanis Committen Ser p. 3 for IMG statement