Initial Group 81 Leaflet 1981 COHSE Conference organised by Jim D (Bangour)
The first meeting was attended by numerous NEC members including an up and coming vice president Colm Robinson
Group 81 started off as a very broad 'Broad Left" with its primary objective to promote more democracy, transparency and address equalities issues.
Most of its founders ended up on the pay roll of COHSE as Hector MacKenzie wryly pointed out.
Group 81 its self ended up rather to close to the ultra Left and many individuals left