are content with collective bargaining sections of the pamphlet. There are a ened by defeats will be in no position and to leave to the distant future any few harsh words against the Govern- to fight back later. The fight against plans of workers running the industry. ment tieing its investment policy to incomes policy is reduced to a 'stratThe appearance of British Leyland: Thar is not the case. Bur the fight for threats against the unions, and against egy* of wishing it away: "Without B dards, enforce speed ups and weaken about how Leyland should be run — is import controls — in reality a reactiontrade union organisation. The Labour quite different from sharing the same ary call for workers of other countries Government is determined to pile drive boardroom in collaboration with the to carry the crisis ratber than British workers carry the can for the effects of land workers a major say in invest- not surprising that the shortest section Emailed Leyland workers by promising save Leyland. Readers are told that the now around policies which can unite The Communist Party's pamphlet money for investment only if the mobilisation of workers around the the workforce and meet the crisis. On argues for a five-point programme to workers give up hard won bargaining pamphlet's bankrupt policies is a first this the CP offers nothing. It is a bit Ryder recommendations, because it when Land Rover and Range Rover delegates out of a possible 500, and are around. represents "an opportunity to kill the production was re-organised? Or when they were unable to agree on any His woice has a timid and tremuions myth that shop stewards cannot play a the Dolomite and Lynx were moved? common strategy. This committee has sound.
to do with workers ruaning their own variation on the old theme of making problems. It dishonestly claims that at the Rover plant in Solifull While his contempt for the Labour mernment shines through Dobson's cech, he gets into a real frenzy when cussing what he obviously feels to the extreme front of social democry as it operates in Sweden: Now I don't know how many of you • familiar with the state of affairs in eden, but I think they have the vantage of pioneering in the social urity area. In consequence they've nost got to the logical conclusion of cir mutual benevolence and are solutely up the bloody creek. Compared to the greedy workers, ibson sees the British middle class as too generous. He offered these Agements on the Trade Union Act of 06. which meant unions couldn't be ed for damages inflicted during a ike; on the Beveridge social reforms the post-war Labour Government d on British policy in Ireland:
ENEROSITY The British middle classes are nice nd hearted people. The Trade Union it of 1906 was an act of generosity. veridge was generous in a way we uldn't afford. So were the events in arthern Ireland where we decided we being rather beastly to the tholics in Northern Ireland so we armed the police in Northern Iread. All these were acts of generosity, d of course fallacious ones." udging from these remarks, the last ron that Sir Richard could be cted to have a good opinion of muld be Derek Robinson, who is the ef convenor at Leyland's Longidge plant and a member of the mmunist Party, Yet this was Dobn's judgement:
I happen to know the chief convenor Longbridge. He's an avowed commist. I must say that 1 ruther like • because he's fairly good at getting ople to work. His idea is that he will • the factory and use the managers consultants. We're not much more he picture of Sir Richard Dobson's cal society is not difficuit to imagine. ere would be no unemployment nefit, unions would be more or less tlawed, Ireland would be treated h even greater barbarity than it is ", and "wogs" and "blackish people' uld be left to the tender mercies ist bosses and politicians. At the very least Sir Richard Dobson be immediately sacked from line of march would be sadly disappointed. There are no answers for workers at Leylands, or for those in the supply and ancillary industries, who are under attack from both management and the Labour Government.
publication of a pamphet Leylands is timely. urgent need for a plan to wage the fightback, but this pamphlet doesn't answer the need.
Save It workers which will cut living stanBoard and British Leyland to make the the capitalist crisis, compounded by years of mis-management.
save Leyland -ion, investment, wages, home market, and exports.
in the pamphlet as the four points put together. It is described as the most challenging part in management Any militant reading the Com- industry munist Party's new pamphlet Brit- participating in monogement's running in the interests of the bosses. ish Leyland: Save It to discover a of the industy, in a capitalist economy Today it involves participate in?
PARTICIPATION
PAT HICKEY argues that the Ол There is an coincides with stepped up efforts to force a pay deal on Leyland Leyland bosses — Imposing on man- market the a deal through the National Enterprise bosses.
including participatParticipation is given as much space other for cuts in living message from the NEB. area of the But participation has nothing at all decisions were, Participation issimply a it is about and according lo capitalist laws.
rationalisation, there speed-up and investment for profit at Leyland, Is that what workers should The pamphlet makes out than it workers reject participation then they is just as absent in the remaining workers' control over that of the the incomes policy. On the agement the decisions of the workers reflation workers.
Participation has hardly given LeyThe NEB has openly black- of the pamphlet should be on how to rights and maintain industrial peace.
The exchange offered is at the work- ee will have a 'key role to play. ers' expense. Your say in investment comes only if you accept our demands only. The action it has taken — the day as a lark.
contract Where was the power of the workers Workers were told what the company not taken one step to meet the crisis. workers the union leaders police their members The results of participation bave been seen at Longbridge. Workers are so seeing CP convenor Derek Robinson only when be is telling them to go back to work or increase productivity, that a strike called by the Works Committee was overturned by a small minority. That is how much participation increases confidence among the workers.
A line of march for Leyland workers jobs, living standards and workine CP's demand is of the economy bers.!
With this kind of programme, it is CARROLL'SLOBSTER step. The Leyland Combine Committ- like what Lewis Carroll's lobster had to sly:
But this committee exists in name When the sunds are all dry he is as gay standards is the of action in April against the social And will speak in contemptuous tones - was a fiasco, Its last of the shark, meeting was attended by only 120 But when the tide is in, and the sharks The Communist Party ignores these Pat Hickey is a member of the TGWU this committee can 'discuss and agree on a united strategy, explain it to every Leyland...and for specific actions'. Intoxicated with its own verbosity, the pamphlet goes on to involve every tactory, depot and pit. trades councils and the TUC.. Labour Party and Communist Party'. The fight will be taken to shopping centres, coitmunity organisation and housing estates".
This is for the future. But there is BUL & PUrO aDOLLOC DrESRE TOELEES EO conditions. A workforce that is weakhome Government's income policy the trade unions woud be able to. campaign and for for adequate wages for their memThe urgent noed is to begin the fight