£135 This area's hook by encouraging different arcas to accept productivity deals ind by meekly endersing anothe this year's Trade Union Congres What is needed now is a real campaign inside ibe NUM by the Kent. South Wales hat the union coes all-our fo Siest arcas have the base of support and they can turn that lato a real majority in the other in hand, righr wing will flout the miners THE CONFERENCE DECISIONS of the transport workers miners, engineers and other groups of workers.
destroyed the lie that the Social Contrick and the policies of the Government enjoy the support of the inbour movement.
Through their delegates five million workers have come out clearly and demanded an immediate returs to free collective bargaining → a large majority of trade unionists.
Butit would be a mistake to belleve that the buttle aguinst wage controls has been won. Within hours of last week's conference decisions, the leaders who brought in the Social Contract were masoeuvring to overthrow their union's democratie decisions.
Jack Jones graciously declured to the Transport and Generu Workers Union Conference that, although his policies hod been rejected, he would do his hest to implement their policy of u return to free collective bargaining from 1 August.
But us soon as be left the conference hail Jones declared to the television cumeras that he would continue to participate in the TUC-Government negotiating committee.
Later the T&G Executive cammed through a resoletion to allow him to stay in the discussions to discuss the general policie of the Government. But the only purpose of these talks is to conclude a deal on Phase 3! He is following in the path of Hugh Scanion who continued to negotiate Phase 1 despite the rejection of wage controls by his union conference Joe Gormley announeed that there was not a 'cat in hell's chance' of a Phase 3. Then he threw all his weighr bebind the motion at the National Union of Mineworkers conference which refused to aume u definite wage demund this year Wanting "flexibility" to reach a deal with Healey, Gormley's job will be made a lot harder by the simultancous decision of thi Tynemonth conference to reject productivits denling. But airendy be and Daly are wheeling and deuling on the National Executive (where the right enjoys a small minority) to extricate themselves from this clear mandale The supporters of the Social Contruct have the sume contempt for union democracy as they have for the livingstandards of their members. They aim lo continue the policies that have imposed 1.5 million unemployed, the sashing of welfare services and the wage cuts that have meant the lowest standard of living for working people since 1973.
The fig leaf to cover that naked betrayal will no doubt be brought to the TUC Congress. There, a determined attempt will be made to throw the simmer conference decisions. The Tirst steps to end this threat are:
* Demand that all representatives of unions that voted against conirois withdruw Immediately ment-TUC negotiations.
* Build the largest possible lobby of the TUC conference in September.
Becuuse throughout the coming months the struggle for wage rises and the struggle for union democracy are going to go hand That's why it is vital that the BELLAIE shoad not only support trade union demands but advance = STALINE POUR 38 ARISIE which can begin to show prac solutions to the Bur such policies need organising for. Sectarian front organi Far from tank and file organi sations being organised around neoded is genuine united front These mist incinde all those forces prenared tr take action against wage conunemployment, type DE class strugele • needed is deman class stewards committee of bealthCLASH, in broad OSSEL CUL CODILLES JO DUOLA sector alliances and every similar cype of organisation tbe present COLLiCA situation demands a strong soc ialist alternative to the dead-end ECTOR SE BAL LABOLE TAEL andat suis policier need organi But such policies sing for. Sectarian front organiFar From raok and file organi sations heing organised around political group, needed is genaine united front - These musi inke action against wage concuts and unemploymcol type of class strugale organisation nesded is demon.
have from the Governstewards commillee workers, CLASH. 10 based cuts committers, in pablic bector Blances and every samist type of organisation Ficells the present politicai demands a end reformism of tie Labou Party and Communist Party United action is the firsi step Running united left candidates in elections is vital. But of course orly the strongest possible united revolutionary Dreamisation wil be able to consistently impose united action on thie reformists, The revolutionary left is still a small minority in the working But Bot totally audiences and scanding through Social ContrE le agains 27,000 votes Tor revolutionary candiand suppart of revolutionary arganisations in all unions, the fact that WELLINEI Y Note Porter -UTI undoubtedly vote ready heen achieved and th auch groaler potcatial of wh A united revolutionnry org anisation is a real possibility. A sectarian twe ne the narry wil tionary socialism, nor of the argenisation
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General Warkers Trion de in, Transport