P210 CEEFAX 210 Tue 5 Jun 21:16/16 1/2 The Post Office Engineering Union today decided to prepare for a showdown over pay which could affect postal and phone sjtvices. At its conference at Blackpool, it overwhelmingly authorisjd the union executive to launch industrial action if deadlock ovjt pay is not broken. The union wants a pay rise of eight pet cent, productivity benefits and more holidays. The conference rejected a proposal for a ballot or special conference before industrial action starts. Postmen's leader in talks 107 MoreP210 CEEFAX 210 Tue 5 Jun 21:39/04 2/2 Labour leadjt Mr Neil Kinnock has underlined his party's pledge to take back into public ownership assets the Government has sold to private buzjrs. He told the Post Office Engineering Union's conference in Blackpool that privatisation was corroding the public sector, leaving it riddled with holes. Mr Kinnock pledged that thjte would bj no financial gain for people who had bought public assets undjt the Consjtvativjs. He also promised to bring British Tjlecom back undjt public ownership. News index 102/202 MoreP210 CJJFAX 220 Tue u Jun 21:36/37 2/2 Labour leader Mr Neil Kinnock has underlined his party's pledge to take back into public ownership assets the Government has sold to private buyers. He told the Post Office Engineering Union's conference in Blackpool that privatisation was corroding the public sjctot, leaving it riddled with holes. Mr Kinnock pledged that there would be no financial gain for people who had bought public assets under the Conservatives. He also promised to bring British Tjlicom back undjt public ownership. News index 102/202 More