itain is the best possible way in which to ernanderlike sable economy.
Drawing up require a thorough-going discussion at ation every over 3r The demand for the opening of BSC'S lisa- and the government's books and free et of access to information will be crucial for c of : this task.
,000 a of will aral in the challenge private property. They would challenge the bosses' control over the economy.
can only be seen as an interim measure, however, achieved in a single industry.
crisis requires a complete 're-tooling' of the whole economic system -which can only be implemented by a workers' government, which would have nothing in common with the last Callaghan administration. Control have to wrest control of the economy from the ruling class. To implement a workers' pian would have to expropriate the core sectors institutions, and organise a regime of workers' control over production.
To soak up OROCHCLON demand for steel embark On a crash useful public works, building homes, schools, hospitals besides. The idea of over-production is a sick joke in the context of the needs of working people in Britain and the rest of the world.
Such a government, perspective of mass action to Steel defend jobs on the basis of such policies build a mass current committed to the Cheshire. fight for a workers' plan for the steel industry and eventually for the whole such a plan would level in the labour movement the some areas, completely picket lines.
planning for.
The Policies of this kind would directly 'rights' ALCOOLS Work-sharing and related slogans A workers' solution to the capitalist La task vity a government other A real workers' government would officials to economy, of industry and the finance unemployment and including the - it would need to programme of and much else received if it was to economy, impose a complete trade (quite Trades Confederation at Warrington, Workers the Warrington steel plant have been some of the most active flying pickets in the dispute.
Their militancy has won them nickname of the 'Warrington Brick Brigade'.
DESPITE the massive support for their duty to back the steel unions. Individual unions the exception of the docks, rail and in the miners have ignored our official This must stop or it will open up a divide within the trade Anion movement. And this is exactly what the Tories have been hoping and reopening of talks with no money on the table, and the disgusting remarks by Bill Sirs in the last issue of Steel Workers Banner, are no way to alter the situation.
Sirs' concessions are shameful. He principle locally negotiated productivity deals — but 70 per cent of all his membership are in no position to increase productivity, they can only sell jobs.
He also accepts that these productideals will form the major proportion of the national award, while other unions are turning down 19 and 20 per cent straight cash deals.
Sirs agrees on co-operation with the management to reduce absenteeism, abolish overtime and reduce industrial disputes. He wants us to be paid by bank transfer, rather than cash in words Bill Sirs do management's dirty Sirs also agrees with adjustments in the guaranteed week. This is something we will not tolerate. Ihe loss or the guaranicta weck would oc suicidal 101 cent of steelworkers, as they would then not get a full weeks pay.
With this type of leadership it's not surprising that BSC was able to pull off its so called "ballot about a ballot'.
Warrington strike committee would like to express our complete disgust with the media cover-up of the rigging of this ballot. Literally hundreds of people who have never worked for BSC these ballot forms. No enquiry has been made and no action has been taken by our union.
The national strike committee could the that this minor crushed.
From the national strike committee South-west moves are being made to decisively step up the picketing of major industry. The loopholes couple of weeks. have provided the answers to ensure full-time officials covering up their rebellion was easily complete blunders Through the South, there effective picketing. were results will clearly be seen in the next national news last week. In the meantime, we are faced with NOW be and mistakes South-east and has been little These massive confirmed on the The Warrington strike committee feels that the South of England should saturated hardened effective pickets instead of the dealmaking, dispensation-giving moderates that fellow trade unionists in the South are having to put up with The message from Warrington is quite simple: 20 per cent, no strings. No productivity deals. No sell-out.
union, and student meetings have already been addressed by steelworkers, and several hundred The pickets plan to infeasil! thei Socialist, Challenge 20 March 1980 Page 9
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particularly if they are only Deals
the TUC march on 9 March, the union leaders have still failed in