Scottish Miners Aid Seamen's Fight: In its issue of May 27th 'The Seaman' wrote .... "A feeling of elation radiated around the NUS office in Glasgow when a cheque for £1,000 was received from the Scottish mineworkers. As in the past, the industry which has produced such stalwarts as Nye Bevan, Will Paynter and Abe Moffatt, has come to the aid of their brothers who are struggling for a decent life with adequate wages. Mindful of their own fights for the rights of mankind, the Mineworkers of Britain are always in the forefront of workers' struggles anywhere in the world. The Seamen's fight is no egception to their rule: 'Your fight is our fight - we shoulder our arms and stand solidly with you.! With workers' solidarity like this how can we lose ?"
NUS Rally in Trafalgar Square: Sunday, June 5, at 3 pm. is the time fixed for a Mass Meeting of seamen and supporting trade unionists in London's Trafalgar Square. District Secretary Jack Gray, who is convening the meeting, hopes to welcome union representatives from other ports.
West Indian Solidarity: Down in the Bristol Channel everything is one Imndred per cent plus. On the banana boats belonging to the Geest line not only have the NUS catering crew members come ashore to support the strike: The deck and engine room crews from theWindward Islands, mindful of international solidarity of seamen, have refused to sail without their
lish shipmates, They organised a whip round on board, and sent £26, 10. Od. to the local strike fund.
Support for Strike Fund: Help has come from Young Socialist and Young Commnist Branches, University Socialist Societies, Labour Parties and Trade Union Branches. After listening to speakers from the NUS, workers at the Rolls-Royce Factory at Millington, Glasgow promised to support the seamen and agreed to have a whip round to aid strike funds. Students from the London School of Economics collected over £6 for the dispute fund. They passed a resolution deploring the action the government has taken over the seamen's stand. In Nottingham a hurriedly called meeting, convened by Ken Coates, was addressed by three seamen from Hull — ‘Peter Bell, Tim Barlow and Tom Whittleton, The meeting was chaired by Professor E.A. Thompson and was attended by Norman Dodsworth from the Nottingham Trades Council, Councillor Peter Price of Nottingham City Council, and by trades union representatives many of whom must have broken private arrangements to attend the meeting at the very short notice necessitated by the visitors' engagements elsewhere. A snap collection raised £16, 18, Od. for the strike funds, and there was a ready response by local shop stewards to Ken Coates'. appeal for collections to be made at factories in the area. The mood on all sides was one of ‘What can we do to help 7! All donations and messages of support should be sent to the following address: National Unicn of Ssamen, Maritime House, Old Town, Clapham, London, S.W.4.