Campaign Against Unemployment.
The YCAU was initiated at the Labour Party conference by the Labour Party Young Socialists, 'to combine militant demands for action now with the perspective of socialist measures'. Such healthy sentiments in a depressing back drop of increasing redundancies nave WOR SOOnSOrSAID CEne national campaign many Tribunite MPs. Constituency Labour Parties and a whole nost or convenors and snoo stewards committees throughout the CUULLEY.
So strong has the response been that a National Assembly Against Youth Unemployment has been called for 29 January.
SPONSORS Unfortunately record of many of the Tribunite sponsors has not always been so healthy Eric Heffer calls in Labour Weekly for the labour movement to be "realistic" and for 'party compromise': Ron Thomas states at a locals ribune meeting InaL has "no answer' to the wage restraint policies of the Social ConVy all dinese people fail that disastrous Militant fail to see the necessity of drawing in those organisations who have been active in fighting unemployment. They merely write off the Right to Work Campaign, Women's Charter ine working groups, and black and anti-racist roues as being outside me oncial movement"
DOES THE Liaison Committee for Defence of Trade Unions' call for a conference against the cuts on 26 February mean that this organisa tion nas woken trom is basevear of slumbers or it merely The Communist Party, the mov ine force benino tus rank-and-ne orean sation. tend to build a conference which cleany does not against offensive ment. It they did have that ton mer would nave recaned une 3800 delegate strong Nationa Assembly Unemployment which met in March.
DEMONSTRATE The aim of the conference is to Nevertheless National grouping together activists from the workers movement who reject 'official' leadership and its policies. For example, in Bristol two public meetings to launch the campaign and a committee of the YCAU have mapped out a perLODTU-The kiss of life?
in une bast- Scanion and Jones and ine rest or tne lent oureaucrats • have played in actively suppormanoeuvre IVUE opened uo ww the ouble sector UnIon deadersnios campaign ag ainst the impact of the cuts on Now their aim 15 cautIousiy to TO IOW bening risner er ar wnile avoiding like the plague the sort of conflict ouclar vomact and me rest or tue Tave union oureaucracy It certainly tion of presents to ignore the action lefts in forming It against the But the dill Has to commit mes:
WHat ey and avoid like the plague - national strike action against spective for so building the Assembly that it can contribute to a discussion on achieving the broadest possible unity of those willing to fight unemployment.
YOUTH A sponsored walk around all the major local factories by unemployca yout to win snop stewards and trade union delegations to the Assembly, followed by a local conference a week later on how to take up the campaign, are types of methods to which all activists against unemployment can relate.
Credenuals lor tne AssemDiy can be obtained from: N. Bradley, 4 ranknam mouse, Deptford Church St., Deptford, London mar mese union leacers name une cate or national strike action against the cuts. In building the to commit Hany tape mut organisations co Doss De to suKe action must De me coal or an Loo celedates so as not to place reliance in lefts of Fisher's stamp. TOTALLY LCDU conference will be in a position to do this is by breaking Strategy o alliances with the left bureaucracy, in wricn ine later diways call the tune it is tor inis reason that Red Weekly calls on its supporters basis of resolutions calling for acHon ane ensunne cemocranc uis
every 100 teachers unemploy qualifications in mathematics and This is one example of the type of hypocrisy under which the current leadership of the operates Another is to be found in the
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for youth Assemerty could have potential for