Thank you very much Chairman. Just to say that as far as I'm concerned and the Executive
Council of the Union of Community Worker's is concerned, that we will totally support
the mine workers in relation to this particular dispute. We have made it quite clear to the
Post Office and also to the government that no postman will cross any picket line as far
as the mine workers' dispute is concerned. It's most important that you understand that
during the 1971 strike that we were involved in, we had massive support from the mine workers
and other trade unionists right away throughout the country. It is equally important to the
forward, that we understand that this battle will not be won by a decision that is made
in that Congress today. It will be won by every active trade unionist, every man in
that decision, right away from Bradford, the trade union movement. That's what's got to
be done, colleagues. It's also most important that we understand that as far as trade unionists
is concerned, that every time there's been a Tory government, trade unionists have been
under attack. I was involved in the Grunwick dispute, where we had mass beckoning, and we
agreed as a union to rack Grunwick now right away throughout the length of the London area
of the post office.
As a result of that action, the post office decided to suspend 100 workers of Cricklewood.
And as a result of that, the union was taken to the courts concerning that type of action.
I will be recommending to our members that if the miners put up picket lines anywhere,
any place, no male will be doing that.
No one is there to deliver it. Right away, right in the country, where these miners put
up those picket lines, Patrigon Street, you're all you need to do is to take effect!