IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

What You Can Do

Socialist Action (League for Socialist Action) August 1979 · p. 12 of the scan · 184 words

The scan: Socialist Action Aug 1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 12 of the scan

35-hour week. For a minimum living wage-tie wage increases to the cost of living to offset inflation. These are the demands that have to be taken up in a living campaign against the Tories.

Such demands have to be taken up in trade union branches, Labour Party wards and at the coming Labour Party conference. The Labour leaders have to be called on to mobilise a mass campaign against Tory policies and, if they won't, to step down for those who will. No group of workers should be allowed to go it alone as happened last year when NUPE was virtually isolated in the fight for a decent living wage.

The struggle against the Tory cut-backs concerns us all. It needs a united labour movement respon1. Pass resolutions through your trade union, Labour Party branches against the Corrie Bill;

2. Invite speakers down to your organisation from NAC to explain the situation in more detail;

3. Affiliate to your local NAC group - or, if one doesn't exist, set one up;

4. Demand your Labour MP oppose the Corrie Bill in Parliament;

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