We need action not words. For the first time we…

We need action not words. For the first time we are facing the prospect of seeing legislation introduced which denies the right of trade unionists to come to the assistance of other unionists and denies the right of trade unionists to seek the support of others in their disputes. There is only one response. Faced with this legislation we should say we will defy the law. It is the only action we can take and it is the only response this movement can give. If there is an attempt to use this legislation then you defy it not as an individual union but as a movement.

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Speech to the Trades Union Congress at Brighton on the Emplyoment Act 1982 (7 September, 1982).. Alan Wood, John Winder and Gordon Wellman, ‘Overwhelming vote to defy ‘anti-union laws’ ‘, The Times (8 September, 1982), p. 4.

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