SEVEN hundred Ford workers have been sacked after going on strike over the issues of victimisation and racist insults from white foremen in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
The strikers are members of the black Automobile Workers which has won recognition from Ford spread support among black workers. Ford workers are also the mainstay of the powerful Port Elizabeth Civic Association [Pebca]..
was sacking of president Thozamile Botha by Ford two weeks ago because of his political activities that started. the Complaints by a racist foreman that black. integrated canteen further sharpening of the struggle:
Ford's 'enlightened' ional management responded typical fashion - by calling out the riot police to disperse a mass meeting or strikers sacking (ne entre black workforce. This is the reality behind the 'liberalisation' Africa's trade union legislation.
The Ford strike is just one of a major struggles in the Port Elizabeth area. Major battles for trade union recognition are taking place at the Tire and Crosse mill.
Elsewhere, too, workers
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In Capetown, a heroic six-month strike against redundancy at Fatti's and Moni's food factory has gained support organisations. Even ers have been forced to boycott Fatti's and Moni's products.
The F&M strikers are raising a comprehensive set of demands which suggest the growing back workers: CHILDHO health care; and a minimum There can be little doubt that this is the beginning of the biggest wave of since 1976.
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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL HOLDS struggles by South African workers in multinational companies in Britain should take note. If plants in South Africa, the effect is the same as that of having non-union Ine. wąrktorce is aviace mn the management attacks. The heaviest burden is placed on the least organised. Management places its capital where the workers are least That's what ICL workers found when management close the Dukinfield plant in Britain and open an identical 1977 Rover trade unionists organised a week of action during which no parts from Solihull went to South African kind needed now by facing the Botha and the The word is LINKS AN example of trade union initiative African workers is the formation of the North West Trade Union Anti-Apartheid has started to bring out a regular bulletin, details 59 Tintern Avenue, HOW many more massacres like this!
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Women's Liberation will be taken on them at a later time. THE ELEVENTH WORLD CONGRESS (Fifth since reunification) of the Fourth International, world party of socialist revolution, was held in Belgium November. Delegates represented sympathising organisations in 48 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, The discussions at the World Congress were held in the context of the deepening of the international class struggle exemplified by the revolutions in Of special note was the presence of delegates from the Workers Party [HKS], an expression of the geographical extension of the forces of the Fourth International since its last World Congress in 1974, as well as its deepening roots in the worldwide revolutionary struggle.
The World Congress is the highest body of the Fourth International.
• 01: congress from each national section after extensive, democratic debate and discussion, including an international written discussion, representing the various points of view in the Internațional on the The Congress adopted by resolutions on the following points: (1) the world political situation and the Fourth International; (2) building (3) Latin. America; (4) the international women siperate orelent, clue tvow m Nicaragua.
To prepare for the major class battles to come, the congress also decided to make a radical turn to place in industry & majority of the cadres won to the The adoption of the resolution Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for marked the first time the Marrist developed such a comprehensive programmatic document on this question.
Indicative votes were taken on resolutions on the conflicts in Indochina, and on the relation between socialist democracy and the dictatorship of the proletariat. Discussion on these points will continue, and a definitive decision The congress elected an International Executive Committee, * a year. Immediately following the congress, the IEC elected the United tarial, a smaller body which acts for the IEC between IEC meetings.
про 12 sections and majority vote the fourth that Stivetle l parties which is the The IEC will meet