WITH the capitalist press debating what form another year of incomes policy should take, and rumours in the air of a special TUC conference on incomes policy as early as April. the national executive explained in the Morning Star on 10 January that, "Vitally important though campaigns against government policy may be, the decisive factor in defeating the social contract would be workers'.
Red Weekly Unfortunately, however, actions speak louder than words and the actions of the CP show that they are waiting until they can convince their allies in the left trade union bureaucracy of this action. For instance, last Wednesday to lobby the negotiations National Union of Mineworkers and the National Coal Board over early retirement. But is the Communist Party building similar action in other pits to stop the sell-out by the NUM leadership?
Then there is the call for a conference on wages from British Leyland stewards.
stewards in opposing incomes policy in 1977 follows their role in voting out a fight for a claim which would break Contract now committee. This is the CP working 'might and main' to build the mass struggle.
And what of building the mass struggles against the Committee for the Defence February fit into this? For the CP it is a organising the rank-and-file of all unions simply to back up any call for action from the public sector union leaders Until that call comes, we wait.
But the rank-and-file cannot afford to wait for these organise independently of ether these left are wming lest they wait for ever.
to act. That is why a democratic conference of all the rank-and-file is needed. That is why the rank-and-file must break with leaders such as Scanion who have aided the attacks of the Government. That is why the rank-and-file mouth opposition to us, should name day o mouth opposition to the cuts, should name the day one-day strike, support the proposals of the CPSA to other public sector unions for a series of such strikes, and set about organising that action now. That is how to make the lefts fight.
growing in the trade unions and SuD ana down ta country to Sir Harold Witch-hunt and Co.. Bevan had no need te make these sort of concessions.
contrary, he should argue that the best guarantee of an advance to socialism lies in democratic discussion of the different views held inside the party, with people naving ine rigne to organise to fight for their views rarty leaders really stood for democracy, as they so oren claim, inen tney would throw out the Underhill Report, HAVE THE MINERS written stage Government's pay Or has ship sold out the interests of its members. Really, i was a Dir ou won Last week the leaders of the Union of and the National Coal Board finalty reacned agreement on the cran retirement. coal approved by membership on 25-26 will allow miners with and at 60 within two years, on 80 pay and a 2500 lump sum The NUM executive voted 14 to 1 oricinal demands. on which there Tortis accestance will overwhelming support in pithead massive is provision for TUC leaders have made it quite clear that, while they are prepared early for Party on pay organised would agree with this wholeheartedly memserve. move , miners in the Barnsley areas struck between the This sudden interest by CP Rover negotiating • how does the conference called by the Liaison of Trade on matter The rank-and-file end the bans and proscriptions and have an open debate. But the will not do this, because they do stand for democracy. They continue to flout conference decisions du carry our porcies to which they have no mandate.
-Now they are threatening to bring in someone from outside the Labour Party supposedly to 'arbitrate' in the NULO dispute. The only answer is to struggle to build a socialist opposition within labour movement both to their undemocratic practices and to their right-wing policies.
nobine mat mis makes no conti ne next sace or ine voluntar pay policy. In fact, the mere threa of-Industrial action has the miners important con Cassions It is all very well for the NCB to point to the small print on prod uctivity to show that the miners lave not challenged the pay coc uncerstands mar whi ine wuw leaders may nave soid out, and the left failed to mount management and the Gov. ernment also come out losers. The first test will come on the date fo implementation of the new deal The miners' increase under the 4½ per cent phase of the polic come means that their next round unti Marci 41978 militancy of the workers them Solen more tries agreed that a early retirement proposals will be impiementec Tom Acust uS Is