IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Red Weekly No. 186, 10 February 1977 · p. 2 of the scan · 450 words

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this year even than last".

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are not met.

ing - after all, their demands have been met.

- their demands too have been met.

ALAN BULLOOK At a conference held last Thursday in London, John Cassals, director of Manpower Services. said: There are coina to be many more school-leavers chasing jobs this summer than there are jobs for them. All the signs are that the going will be tougher conference was Sir Arnold Weinstock, managing director of the General Electric Company. He seemed the thought of thousands of young people facing most decisive social and problem is how to control those groups in the community which have the power to disrupt the life of the nation if their demands Weinstock was not referring to the International Monetary Fund, who have demanded massive cut-backs in social spend He was not talking about the bosses of British industry who have demanded cuts in the standard of living of working people No, newly qualified teachers political the sole. SUCHas have no the scourge of He did not mention the right wing through Albert Booth, have told the trade union movement that they have to face the prospect of two million unemployed. Those demands too are in the process of being granted.

Weinstock was referring to those such as the 10,000 which a latest survey has shown have been unable to get jobs in education: such as the two million which the 'Minister of Unemployment' now the rapidly increasing workers who are especially hit by rising unemployment.

That unemployment continues to rise, that the Labour Premier Callaghan admits in Parliament 'it isn't possible to halt the rise in jobless', that Shirley 'witch-hunter' Williams real answer to unemployment'-all this is evidence galore of the need to 'control' the profiteering class of the Sir Arnold Weinstocks and their backers in the labour movement.

Because contrary to what Williams says there is an answer to unemployment. The high Labour cabinet who admits could face number of womer says 'we still public works.

level of teacher ALBERT BOOTH unemployment and the high level of unemployment among brilding workers could be reduced immediately by a programme or expansion in educational tacities. unemployment in the health service, to the increasing cut backs in omer areas or socal expenture Shirley Williams, James Callaghan, Albert Booth could plead none avalame to profits of £200 million. The 'control' of such operations by and for the working people of this country would build and maintain a lot of hospitals, and a lot of schools.

SHIRLEY WILLIAMS same adoles • such a procramme of useful But last year Sir Arnold Weinstock's GEC made

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