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"Bright Prospects for Council of Labour"

From 1967, an article from Labour ('Official Organ of the Labour Party'), on cooperation between the Labour party, Northern Ireland Labour Party and Republican Labour Party.

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View Document: Labour, Vol. 1, Nos. 5-6 - Labour

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Scanned article reading: Bright Prospects for Council of Labour The three Labour Parties in Ireland have been meeting since April with a view to establishing a Council of Labour. Representatives of the Labour Party, the Northern Ireland Labour Party and the Republican Labour Party held meetings in Leinster House and Stormont to exchange views on the methods of working closer together. A working party consisting of two members from each party has been meeting all Summer hammering out the details of the Council’s proposed constitution. It is now believed that significant progress has been made in achieving agreement on the main points of difference, If all goes well and the three party executives approve of the working party's proposals it is possible that the Council could get off the ground by the end of Autumn. The purpose of the Council of Labour will be to provide an official form of liaison between the three parties who have been ploughing lone furrows to-date. The basic objective of the Council is to put socialist parties in power in Ireland. Membership of the Council will not involve any loss of party independence or any compromise on principals such as Partition. Every party will agree to respect the other’s opinion. However, the parties will expect to gain considerably from joint action on matters such as the effects of EEC membership on the whole of Ireland.