George Abela promised the UHM today that it would find cooperation and collaboration from the MLP if he was elected Labour leader.

The former GWU legal adviser for a quarter century, now an MLP leadership contender, called at UHM headquarters this morning and reiterated his appeal for trade unions to form a common front on national issues.

He said trade unionism was the soul and conscience of the Labour Party and the MLP should work with all trade unions.

Regretting that trade unions had not been able to form a TUC, Dr Abela said they should seek common positions on the proposed social pact and other issues such as health and safety, exploitation of workers and the cost of living.

UHM secretary Gejtu Vella, who greeted Dr Abela, said the UHM had grown because it made a clear distinction between politics and trade unionism. He said the UHM would welcome collaboration with all trade unions as long as a declaration was made keeping politics and trade union issues separate. He regretted that the GWU paper l-orizzont and it-Torca were sometimes used to attack the UHM.

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