Although there is well over a month to go to the seminar on Industrial Democracy, organised by the Centre for Socialist Education and supported by a number of socialist newspapers incldding The Week, The Voice and Tribune, registrations are coming in at a most promising rate.
The Edinburgh Trades Council has elected four delegates, and it is expected that there will be a large contingent of participants from Scotland. Since last week delegates have been appointed from Stoke, Nottingham, London, Hull and Cardiff. The Hull dockers who helped to work out the policy outlined in the Anti-Devlin Report (published by The Week and Humberside Voice at 2/6d post free) will be joining with Hull busmen to fill a bus to Nottingham for the week-end. Miners from Notts, Derbyshire and Staffordshire are expected. A large body of shop stewards from the aircraft industry have been invited.
John Hughes, the well known authority on British trade unionism, has agreed to take part, as has Stan Newens MP, a staunch advocate of industrial democracy. Other MPs are keenly interested in the work of the seminar, and several are expected to participate.
One of the major problems of the seminar will be that of housing the delegates who flock into Nottingham. Any Nottingham readers who can offer a bed are asked to kindly notify the conference organiser, Geoff Coggan, 47 Brindley Road, Bilborough, Nottingham; tel 281364. Delegates from outside Nottingham are asked to send in their credential forms early, to allow for speedy assessment of the amount of accomodation required.