of this attack.
Socialist Workers Party, is timely.
There is an urgent need for organisation against the wage ferences earlier this year a majorily ol nanas WCH LE opposition to the 12-month rule this didn't stop the union leaders at the TUC.
They resorted to the most latant violations of their mem hers democratic rights so they could commit the TUC to the wage cutting policies of the Labour Government, And in the coming months these same leades will be just as ruthless in dealing with workers who moving into struggle to defend their real wages.
But the sailing, WOD'! smooth for the labour leaders: There has been a 140 percept increase in strike days so far this усат compared to period perworkers and The Lucas the air traffie assistants have already shown the militancy to fight to defend living standards.
Despite setbacks — such as the acceptance of the 12 month rule The Tint sational Committee politically dominated Socialisis and several af their rank-and-fle papers elc.
were from white-collar sectors, defensed 189 Organising Commiter that thee isam would the boand increuse was carried by 292 votes to 84.
Demands at the conference. Conference rejected the resolution. demands ar working class are over. Murray, Scanion, and their friends in the higher ranks of the labour movement have made it clear they are determined to throw their weight behind the bosses and the Labour Government. But large numbers of workers have refused to bow down in the face JOHN ROSS explains that the fight-back has to be extended nationally around policies which can unite the working class. That's why the conference call by the Rank and File Organising Committee, a body led by the by Chrysler stewards and the calling off of the unofficial national dock strike — to be submitted by workers which challenge Labpolicies.
Important as toe mougang mall cancy is the increased support for the demands and methods of struggle needed 10 pot up a real fight on living standards.
UNITY Workers at the annual con ferences of the public employees union and the transport workers union who voted for automatic are cost of livine increases to protect their wages against inflation have seen joined by those on the shop be BOOT ALOTUS elsewhere. And even the Trade Yauxhalls.
Union Congress vote for an abolicion of the cash limits system in the public sector through the pressure from the rank and file It a precisely because these kinds of policies unite the working class and begin to provide answer to the crisis that the TUC leadership will try to avoid any RANK AND FILE ORGANISING COMMITTEE "Rank and Ple conference was bed in Birmlagham on 30 March 1974. It was called by an Organising by the then Intersational Collier, Hospital Worker, Redder Tape, Rank and File Teacher, The conference was attended by representasives frism 300 trade anion bodies of which 15 per vent were shop stewards committees, combine cummiciers or diarict committees. Of the rest, one-thirdl It totally rejected wage controls, redundancies and pledged lo aid ull struggles against the Industrial Relations Act, An Importunt.
disagreement it the Conference was on rucism and women's appression. An amendmest which insisted that these to uree well as workers" control he added to the renutine were. "alviche The second conference was held lo November 1974. There were 422 delegates from 301 onanisarions. The asio resolution rejecting the Social Contract and elling for » 30 per cent aeron Dehales centred around a sliding scale of wages. Dies North of abc Organising Commitee called for rejecting such a nation as il reflech the pessimism of the weaker sections represeated here today. The second point of consention was on the clection of the Organibing Commiteet a mation calling for 4 democraticallyelected committee based on one delegate from esch sponsoring paper and len directly elecred from conference wis rejected Wainwright speaking for a resolution to adopt the Working Women's Charler ar the November This body is politically dominnied by the Workers Socialisi kroup set up after burcaucraticalls expelled from. the Workers Revolutionary Party of Gerry Heal and Viness Redpare.
bus so far Orgased hid sational conterences tie fist on Wage Control and Unlon Deatocracy on 34 October 370 Abe second altended by 300 delegkten in March 1977, Karlor thin yenr the COLM organised s Sentish Conferenor with the culiaboration of the Scottish Sociales League conference on the car indusiry. All confetences pledged ip support working class struggles aguinst the goeronend's embmic pride around an estensive proprinime Tacluding the siding scule of Wades. The CEt 3l has ul womheen a reflectine of the pieties of Scanlon and the rest of his mates whom the party bad sided with who secured the vote for wage controls at the In the coming months the CP who are the chief props of !l Government's attacks on livin all a new meeting of the Liaisor Committee, little will be acbleved becnuse it will remain tied to its The Rank and File Organisin Committee is a far weaker bor the had tear potion of clear position Pria support for all workers highlibe Goverument's pay policy Despite its relatively small sup port, the committee could there fore play an important role in the has aming months. Whethe CRANES ON US HIRE M socialist Workers Party lights taken two sorrect seps leading up to th contrast with some previous futile airempts to directly organise th conferences to draw ug runs end, achine bald i Secondly, the SWP has broken • soccarian Campaign — will likely call for united action with the CP an The SWP's approach to the Communist Party appears to be 'expose the CP. rather than calbng lor a rapporters bad been and, recently held it Tourth democratic conference of Ple Organising Commite and the LODTU, Nevertheless these steps should help to make it cleau that the CP, not the RFOC, is splitting the movement against wage controls.
Despite these positive moves 1 the plans for the conferenc First, the SWP has not followe workers submitting claims at Fords, Vauxhall and elsewhere. They have Eniled to support a policy for an automatic cost of living increases to protect wages against rising AN ERROR The Socialist Workers Part 42150) Tefusec -10 deman automatic increnses penditu lation. Withour a figh these policies, working ciass liv Ing standards are constancy un the failed to realise that establisbing workers deinocracy in ine Rai and File campaign is not a luxury but an absolute necessity if broa correct this error, the Rank and NATIONAL with dwindling influence as real character becomes clea practice.
The real test of the Social change course will be the oc ference itself. No i supporter the campaign should be exclud from the conference, alternat resolutions to those submitied the arganising committee sh Many commit elecied by the conference SLOPELES TOOK SO M степЕ ПООлЬ ШІ ЕЛЕ ЗОкРЕСТИ and campaigns in the wake of t conference should be organ MASTER CUDUC fashion If these policies are carried then militants wil hawe an i cation that the SW? is interes in a serious light for LATERIMO CAST ACUIDI wage controls The Socialise Workers Pa CHAL TRAC SAICS BECAM the conference, but it should n of the wind LEROW CH Subton for thi should come from every mili committed to fighting for programme to defend the Workers inval thin cla strugeles and it aron cacin Teachers Alliance should ations the campaign far support tor apply for affiliation to the or resolutions for ther pur forw the conference; stand for Bished, participate in democ committee lished;
ally organised campaigns !
incorrect posi In the Labour Movement organisation led by the Warl Socia isr Lengue which ba vant conference on 23 Octob hould fight at the Rank and Conference far the cornect T grannie it bas adopted on m crucial questions, Like the shi scale of wages.
Saturday 26 November in the Co-op Hall, Manchester Credentals for celegates from trade un on organisan Rare and Flie
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