Victory for Left in Post Office Workers' Union

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Mr. Tom Jackson won an overwhelming victory in the contest for the General Secretaryship of the 275,000-strong Union of Post Office Workers, Gaining 9,469 branch votes (each vote represents 10 members) he easily beat his six rivals, He was formerly an assistant secretary in the union and is a member of the lebour Party, The vacancy was caused by the former secretary, Mr, Ron Smith, taking up an appointment on the new nationalised Steel Board. Mr. Tom Jackson was the main left-wing candidate in the election. ‘here is also a vacancy on the General Council of the TUC of which Mr, Smith was also a member, There has been a great deal of discontent in the union over the attitude taken to the pay-pause and the incomes policy. The militants among the rank and file will expect a tougher line to be taken by Mr, Jackson,