IMGpapers 1976–79

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

WAGE CONTROL & UNION DEMOCRACY - RECALL CONFERENCE

Red Weekly No. 186, 10 February 1977 · pp. 4-5 of the scan · 496 words

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He has also threatened to sell the hotel and workers.

TILEHURST FUELS of Theale, Reading, delivered a consignment of fuel to the Randolph under heavy police guard at il o'clock last Thursday night. This isn't the first time they nave noting to do win this Jirn they are highly professional SCUDS. ing into open nostlity OUTSEL union conterences readers memoersniD the ittle toro teacners stage-managed and demonstrations THE IMPATIENCE of workers with the Government's never-never land promises of economic recovery in understand that an effective figh retum tor wage resuraint is break- acainst une Calls for action against the cuts can bureaucracy are unions. the instruc tons in ine resolutions for te troi, caned by tne campaign ro inis summer Democracy deals their TorCe SUCH UnHY the oureaucracy are not oine to these developments. They understand all too well that their precious relationship with the Labour discussed govemment resis on a quiescent movementor-te conrerence •o mis eno nev seek to suppress every norm of ever, such a debate it sterile. If the democracy Nor do Conference they hesitate to deal harshly with rom ne union. as in mne case or oureaucracv s orensive made.

The 'lefts' in the bureaucracy. and their allies in the Communis Party, find it safer to give way to oreanisine protest ANNA LARKIN all militants wh Docial Contac quires an aiternative sero Dor cies, join forces to see how best take these into The Conference on Wage Conin the Labour Movement on 27 March in Birmingham offers an opportunity to begin Although Re weekly nas portical anerence: with the main poltical force be hind the call, the Workers Socialist League, we believe they can b truittully within the without oint initiatives. -noW agree to › a set of common initiatives, an counterac Will We urge aimitants Conference and participate in the debates to build BLACK S STRUGGLE THE STATE AND RACE RELATIONS INDIA 25p

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support the Rally andra Palace on 26 Februarv.

introduceo ano one vear since tion Act equality? The facts speak for themselves:

Despite wages or men. A The Planning committee explains wny you snould for Women's Rights at the Alexintroduced and one ener Act was was bassed. Has inbeen one year of the EPA, women still earn only half the recent survey in Woman's Own reports that two-thirds of women do low paid jobs which cannot be comoared wiin men's work.nere * Provisions for childcare are under attack. For even 200 under-fives, year 37 local authorities dropped their allocation o cavilla nurserv nurses unemoioved * Further restrictions to women's abortion rights * Unemployment stands at 2 million ment stands at 89 per cent compared to 60 per cent Tor men * Proposas tor chile beners to be Daic to tni mother slashed from E300m. to E95m.

RED WEEKLY 10 February 1977 5 there is only one nursery place UnDull,and women are increase in women's

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