'NALGO leaders in full flight

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THE BUREAUCRATS of the National Association of Local Government Officers (NA LGO) are falling over themselves to turn retreat into total defeat. This follows the forcing back to work of the Islington branch by the national Executive's decision to stop strike pay.

The trade union side of the National Joint Council, the local government negotiating body, decided last weekend to call off the one day strike for the national pay claim, and all action over the London Weighting The NALGO delegates on the NJC split 10: 10. Only the voter of the six repRed Weekly representatives from otber ucions wong che balance.

attitude shown by the NALGO kadership sinee the sart of the campaign, They have always been scared of a real mobilisaPagi 2 tion of the rank-and-file, and have put forward wesk and concistory Isclis. to guard against heing outflanked by the memners ip.

The NJC recommendation will be discused at the unita's Executive and TIL STU meetings next weekend. It seems likely that the bureaucnuts will argue that ticke is little suppart for action among local goverantent workers. Since NALGO's annual Friday for all striking NALGO members COULLCULE IS CAKIR DULL TEXT WEEK. they may he hoping to push through a sell out there, as they did last year when they requesred a fl plus 4:6 pay bimit.

This, the latest cample of the 'ollicial lesderdrip's sahotage of effective action, is the strongest sigument for democratical ly elected strike committees, representing those workers taking action, to ompanise The position of those soctions taking action in London is crucial far both the national and London allowance clains, and reincat. without some on going on anisation to lako over the leadership of the struggles the retreat of the union kadership wit The meeting caled by slingion last Tailed to solve the problains of how to huild such an orpanisation and leadenhip Although an action commitlee was set up it was restricted to official branch delegates, ignoring the problems of how I SUCH HE SLEE The action committee will have to be rapidiy transformod into a means of ceatralising and extending actions, regardless of their 'official' status. Other WEE WEE DE ALL SEEITE ON SACE hanks, unable to block the bureaucrats ALAN BENNETT