GEOFFREY SHERIDAN.
The White Paper on a Phase 1 to zero. Four pay policy, presently in form, allowance 35-hour week, specifying that it should only be encouraged if it does The CBI, of opposed to any cut in hours, and its contidential document on what would be involved neatly uncovers the meaning of the White Paper's proposals, to be published next Tuesday.
The bosses' document cludes: "If the aim shorter working week is creale employment, then this must lead to ibcreased labour costs unless income is shared.
The only method TOUCINE! COSES improve productivity without a compensating incicose in pay. But this would reduce the scope The Government's scheduled for discussion with and CBE lenders week, would reduce that scope DAVESTEVENS, the Wolveranti-rucist militant who faces a possible three years in jail, had his house altacked last Sunday night.
The atrackers threw bricks through the windows of the dow astairs room where Stevens was watching the television, and also through an upstairs window. The missiles missed Dave by inches.
is in no doubt that National Froht members are responsihle. Last year his house wal daubed with NF graffiti and he has received threatening lesters.
LAYE, MIDIS LEASTET CHIC Wolverhampion Anti-Racist demonstration SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 20 July 197B page B The bosses have just spelt out the implications of the Government's proposals for a 35-hour week, The Post Office engineers an who are aow taking industrial action to secure week, with no loss of pay, quite correctly this as a of detending against the introduction of new lechnology The union conferences tha have nailed their colours to a shorter working week regard this as a crucial weapon in the fight to shorten the dol SUIE PROFITS The Government's concern, however, isthe preservation of of profits, and it has tailored its CLU proposals to meet this requirement.
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reducing hours while maintaining costs can only be achieved CUES this productivity. Either way, not a single now job will be created. Members of the National Union of Journalists are still on strike at the Richmond Heraid In Surrey to demand that no jobs are lost the West Midlands in March He has been charped breach of the COUMIS 01 constables, and one of assault Inspector. endine actual bodily harm. guilty he could be sent to jail for The Anti-Racist Conmittee raking this threat scriously, It organised a picker of the conunitial proceeding: and occasion to appeal for national defence That call must be answered.
Thugs put boot in THUGS, one of them wearing a National Front budge, attacked five people leaving a Gay Pride disco in London a fortnight ядо.
The proposal is intended to be -sop l0 bureaucracies; to make their BYES much conveying the harsh realities of writes Latiour's projected Phase Four in the run-up to the General Real incomes will be down again, will 35-hour predicted to be half the present 10 percent, and a continuation vital of tbe 12-month rule.
Not that the Government is jobs deigning NOTS DEECHIES As with Phase Three, it aims 1o Lay down is own limits for also the public sector and threaten Tinancial penalties if they meet union demands that exceed this level.
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Tamiliar down inflation, so smile all the Thatcher will Never mind that the cause of indicates, system tiar regulates produc that forcing higher class living standards is the best way of slicing Labour's vote. Restoring those living stanGlenn Sutherland, a Socialist Challenge member of Wandsworth Anti police Nazi League, ended up with a broker foot and bruised ribs, Another comrade got a boot in I found the balls.
Six or seven white youths in leather jnckets were waiting in very the tube starion.
Pancras Town Hall where the disco was held. used the comrades youths said: campaigo. bastards, let's set them."
The conrades beat them off, but in a second atrack they got Glento the ground and put the Bengali call LEICESTER Bengali Youth League has taken an Important Last Tuesday's march in London when 30,000 PO engineers stopped work dards means opposing all forms of wage control, not least the 12-month rule, which in many workers in different jobs and even grades linking their claims and hence There is one sure way of keeping pace with risine prices, and that is adding to claims the demand that any rise in the cost index should automatically bring an increase Dt the same percentage in pay.
The fact that the Govern ment feels forced to bow in the direction of the 35-hour wock 1s a sign that the anger of trade level o unemployment could well spill concerted action.
That is why support for the Post Office enginicers i vital. FOR SOCIAL AND
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Anti-racist's house attacked
THE CONFEDERATION of British Industry has an unfortunate habit of letting down its friends in the