IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 85, 1 March 1979 · p. 5 of the scan · 230 words

The scan: sc-n85-mar-1-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 5 of the scan

going to fight to end low pay!

striking argument "comparability" agreed to again comes from the January issue of NUPE's own Public point of substance in the employers also warmly extra promoted by Fisher. He wrote:

"In addition to the foregoing, a supplement of f1 per week to all employees with a normal working of 35 hours or more to be paid from the pay week in which 22 February 1979 falls; into the sum due from in instalment of the comparability study due from 1 August' The second part of that immediately clear. What it means is that the advance on the comparability pound 1S simply an payment due on 1 August.

But what if this comparability payment is less than El a week? This may not seem very likely, but with the type of comparability study Fisher accepted - and argued against Public Employees anything is possible.

And if by some chance the award does turn out to be less than El, that El extra might even have to be paid back.

Accordingly it is now an interesting argument which is the most discredited in the eyes of the NUPE membership Alan Fisher, or the deal he tried to sell?

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From a march so long that as the front reached Westminster the end was still leaving Hyde Park the message was clear: we're

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