(Tony Clift in Socialist Worker, June 1974)
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make sure that the working class never pays for the crisis in such a way again. YORKSHIRE a half in the official indexy The first step towards this would be DAY WADE Towards the USA, they principle of automatic TACH DR about. most bitter unions bas and a cecal conterthe one-day action committer tan November as a way of both nationally in their and more widely SELLEE 40,000 workers in the THE RANK AND FILE Co-ordinating Committee Conference on 26 November in Manchester provides an important opportunity for militants to assess the lessons drawn from struggles on wages as the basis for action. The main motor force behind the conference, of the incomes policy. But the SWP is unlikely to assist the conference with policies that draw on experience.
example is their hostility demand of the sliding scale. Using examples of trade union derre cents in tre contend that the sation femws the will to sirus gle from the workine class.
Their sole alternative is to try to accelerate the process by which STONE SOON OR ORACES large increases and the rest of the working class struenies to catch The principle that the working class should not pay fo for that is wha policy of the sading scale 1s aul will of course moet the instead of opposition from the canDlover Workers would have to wage a permanent struggle to gains?" important policies include: *farworkingclass unity - against racism and sexism end to the 12-month rule, to *no productivity dealing to increase wages at the expense of jobe • for a minimum wage of E50, equal pay with no strings attached for mass solare -Tor industry wide snop alewards conterences on pa *For Iocal shop stewards conferences the defend such a gain.
Hut whereas the employer does not have to pull a stroke in letting inflation eur away at wases it i quite a different matter to take away a principle that is understood and supported by the whole workforci as the Italian employers found but to their cost Last e SWP has made arudeine recognition of this fact with its NONCY ENSL SE ULIALION COSTCUS cold be respec oint, wage negotiation But then an a expect this to happen, you expeci this to happen, why not settle the question now demoralizing process of continued strike netion to win minima NATIONAL RANK AND FILE DELEGATE CONFERENCE Socialist Challenge supporters are urged to get delegated from their organisations on the basis of the fighting policies of Socialist Challenge. The most the 10 per *for automatic increases in wages to compensate for rises in the cost of living: for a sliding scale mass soildarity with workers in struggle; for the nationalisation of Grunwick *redentle or delegates from the Pant and Ple Centre, 0Gl Seen tame tad, London el set up local Asa pamphlet recently publist cracy in the Lahour Movement points our: What the SWP really means is not that the slicioe scali removes the nood to strugale, but that it changes the battlegroun Iron a struggle for POTECH control.
The CDLM recently decided to upport the building of the Ra nd File Conference on the bas of a fight for policies which can begin to turn the fight in th direction workers control ference on Saturday 23 Octobe to discuss put the lessons of the new experience of fighting for such demands in the workers movement The need is urgent. The oppor tunity exists to arm thousands of militants disgusted with the ref ormise policies of their leaders with the weapons to turo the working class strugele from the defensivero the offensive.
CDIM CONFERENCE
Sunday 23 Oetober Digbeth Hall, Birmingham Credentials (50p) from: K. Lee 44 Devonshire Rand worth, Birmingham 2D. cant norm and lo cash limits
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Socialist Workers Party, has, unlike the Communist Party, consistently supported the struggle against Phase 2
SATURDAY, 26 NOVEMBER CO-OP HALL, MANCHESTER