by JONATHAN The issue of wages and the "12-monzh rule" will dominate this year's Trades Union Congress. The most recently annonced Government statistics show that infiarion is now running at an annual rate of 17.6 per while earnings over the some period have riser only 9.7 per cent. The gap befween the rate of price rises and is widening. month, according to the Gov ernment, it stood al 7,4 per cent. This month living stan dards are officialiy down 7.9 per cent since a year ago.
debates Gardens go beyond even this, and will affect the whole future of the Another period of wage restraint only falling living with it - mass unemployment of 1,635,950; E3.5 billion cut from services. TESUELINS dosure of hospitals, declining education as 50,000 teachers are house building of 20 per cent. SCANLON pawning on working class dis lusion. The door has been opented Jor me rotun or a tory concinment as by-clection after by-cloction has shown that traditional Labour voters are staying at home in their thousands.
SHAKING THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT The deleat of the 12-month rule employers and the Tories on the defensive, shake the Governent's the labour movement, and open the way leaders" class collaboration.
Faced with BULL have launched anti-democratic the ovciturn deeis oas of union con Ferences against icanion and Co. refused to recall the Emuneerine Weion'& NatiOnA Committee to vote on month rale. Jack Jones announeed SABLI LIC FULE ROS IL LAYOU DU LIES rule, the Transport Union would loyally carry out the decisions the majorits of the Trades Union Congress, that i not the majority of the TGWL EN HEC UC decision of Mineworkers Conference to fight _ he's fighting hard against his members ' interests -lixe the far a massive rise from November votes in Blackpool on the 12rule?
The 12-monch rule and the 10 per political counterpart in the LabLab pact. Callaghan believes thar kept in office by Parliamentary manoeuvres, and he will threaten every tous of workers gaing inte struggles that they will bring down the Labour Government.
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capitalist policies will make the CHOTOUD Government even UNE TCHECS raghag of Ulster Unionists and the attempt to rest can choose the moment when the Government is at the peak of controls. unpopularity and turf it our The only way to keep the Tories the our is by raising living scandards and embarking course. This means a massive fight to break the pact. guaranteed not to sart such a LEFTS The left leaders have shown thar DONT LET YOUR BAYC their ROB Coveraitent can be SIAMTTIRVAS claions.
The YOU US ibflation. wage-cutting bow lest thes defeated on the 12-monch rule, by КаЛАСИнЕ sa-called 'extravagant" cinima of 15-20 per cent shich the employers press denpunces wauld not even remorely make up for packet against the present rate of Onty ammedlore incrnd by acomatie cest of Jing increases to compensare for inflerAUTOMATIC INCREASES This demand for automatic cost of living increases is growing in the trade anson mosement. sis mclu ded in the Ford cinim. Tt has been accepted as policy by NUPE, A third of the delegares voted for it at But the trade union leaderships to fight for the protection of wages TGWL General Sandar der. Moss Eyans, har already announced he intenda to follow "socially responsible poli tions thing he will try to throw out of the window is the demand for cost of maney claim of only 15 per cent, Evans will bave negotiated another major catin Poro workers vol The bureaucrats will attempt 1o The light for automatic cost of Living increases has to be a cencral MURRAY. the government's cl