A MAJK statement on iran Irom the Uniled Secretariat of the Fourth Interantional wis the insin feature of last week's Press/ Inprecor (Vol 17, No 17). A new issue is ubso out, featuries WILD African black coescionaess leader.
Individual copies are 30p Mus postage. Sabscriptions are 19 for one yeur, E5 for sin munthe or 22.50 for sa latrodoctory offer issues Wnt now to latercoatie Press/Inprecor, London NI 2XP. Cheques In certain key industries, mines and buildings, separate legislation limits blacks doing certain jobs. *Migrant" workers million out of 7 million black workers and two thirds Soweto's workforce stance - will not be allowed to Join registered unions.
Registration will be entirely the whim of government which will certainly maintain light control over the bodies nial allowed on to the roll. 58.
What then is the purpose of the proposals? There are three main factors.
1. The increasingly skilled and settled of significant section for in- Africa's black labour force, especially that in manulacturing industry. Industry is acutely aware of the power of such workers and hopes to use the registered unions to incorporale them more effectively than has been possible through the present discredited works council urrungements.
2. The political means so fur devised to date for incorporatWing blacky nature of of South black middle class'?
dream has Bantustan Certains e credible as of Urban Bantu establish a credible class black collaborators. Could the elevation of at least a minority of skilled black workers in the for Job and income scale be the means to establish that stable Class;
3. Some sections of industry will be happy to see a partis development of black unions as mination! a counter to the strength of whites. The defeat in Murch of organisation a strike by white miners who and politicall this development. We feel our come true. (No doubt of a big Increase in her salary and influence).
Fortunately there can be as much hope that South Africa's black workers will react in quite the opposite fashion, by seeing the proposals as a springboard advancing TUNATELLE democratie demands of the • For as end to all Job reservation agreements and forms of workplace discri • For absolute freedom of - trade union Bahro meeting THERE is impressive line-up of speakers for a public meeting in London this Friday on the work of the imprisoned Fast German Marxist Rudolf Bahro.
At the meeting will be Turig editor Socialist Challenge. David Fernbach, who translated Bahro's The Alternative in Eastern Europe Chris Hurman of the Socialist Workers Party, Monty Johnsone of the Communist Party, and Istan Meszures, suthor of Marx's Theory of Alienation Ton meeting arts a 7 o Conway Bed Lion Square, London WCl. Admission 50p.
The following day at the Club Room in Conwuy Hall there will bean all-dar conference starting at 10.30 on the present stute of the Bahro defence campaign futore activities. All welcome. Both events are organised by the Rudolf Bahro Defence Commitice.
Socialist Chullenge 17 May 1979 page 1