JOURNALLOLO™ UNLUR Bh eee + The Annual Conference of the Netional Union of Journslists, which is to be held in Scarborough on 21-24 April, has the following four critical resole utions on ves policys From Trade & Technicals "That this ADM instructs the NUJ's representatives at the Trades Union Congress to move the end of the TUC voluntary "early warning system" on salary increnrses proposed by its constituent Trade Unions nd urges the TUG to oppose the Government's proposed legislation for the regulation of wage claims," Fron Rotherham: : "This ADM instructs the NEC to oppose, by all appropriate means, the introduction or proposed introduction of any legislation which would restrict the right of a trade union to bargain freely for improved wages and conditions for its members, or to withdraw the labour of its members when deemed necessarye” From Swanseas "Thit this ADM resolve to sever immediately all connections with the Trades Union Congress, especially since future wage claims by the NUJ will first have to be submitted to the TUC for vetting =nd because it is becoming increasingly embarrassing for journalists to be affiliated to a body which gives its wholehearted support to one major political body." From Periodical and Books "This ADM, welcoming the attempt made by both sides of industry and the government to establish an effective and equitable productivity, prices and incomes policy, deplores any attempt to interfere by statutory control with collective bargaining «nd instructs the NUJ's representatives at this yearts Trades Union Congress to oppose xny legislation that would lead to statutory control," These resolutions reflect the general concern in the trade union movement about the Labour Government's incomes policy, They also indicate the way various sections of the movement are reacting to the Government's policy; the Swansea call is, of course, an old one in the ‘white collart unions but it is a warning to the Government and those who back it. The call for an ending of the close relationship between the Labour Party and the unions might evoke a response if linked with militant slogans against the incomes policy and anti-trade union legislation,
from an N.U.Je member