As the date draws near for the first lobby of Parliament in connection with the campaign against unemploymént more and more workers! organisations | are participating. For the February 13ths lobby (organised by the South Wales miners and railwaymen to protest against closures otc. )one train load (500) from South Wales ha, already been booked more than a week ago and the second was well underway; among the organisations sending delegates are; Aberdare’ Trades Council(the entire executive), Cwmbran Urban Council, 5.Walos C.5e 500s; West Vales, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Federations of Trades Councils, various trade union branches in Horthyz, the London D.C. of the Woodworkers' Union, the London North D.C. of the 1,8,U., Gladstone } Park and Stoke Newington branches of the A.l. Usy 4 and various T,U. branches from Cardiff, SWONGOD, Neath, Ystrad, Pontypridd, ete, Mootings to organise loc aL owpab organising committees for the lobby havo boon held 4in Cardiff, Cornarthan, Lianelly, Neath, _Nowpeyt, Pontypridd, Bwanséa, anf YStred Mynach. . :
For the March 26th. lobby, called by 6 federations of trades councils in northern @ngland, is rapidly gaining support at all levels. The Amalgamated Weavers! Association has circularised all tranches calling upon them to gat maximum support for the lobby. The Leeds Trados Council is planning to teke 6 busloads, The secretary of the Sheffield Trades and Labour Council expects to get at least leobbiers in a special train, The Newcastle Trades Council has booked a special train to take lobbiors, An unemployment committoo has been set up in Hull sponsordd.by the Trades Council, A lobby co-ordinating committee has been set up on the Merseyside. Among the bodies supporting this committee are the C,5,.0.U., the Trades and Labour Council, the Hoylake and District T.t. and the N.F.B.T.0. . Organisations declaring their support include: the Scottish NUM. the Glasgow District Trades Council, Bristol No.4 A.5S.W., Stockport Trades Council and D.C, of the A, LsEeUe, and Falham = ‘and Chelsea Trades Council,