outs for the Liverpool and Glasgow demonstrations •ang for the March for Jobs is dukelvto demassive In contrast, workers at olant aud comomne eve are reluctant to go into struggle as it becomes apparent that the depth of the crisis demands a nanonai answer Unemployment is now seen by the working class as the main problem faces. Even those in work are being forced to accept speed-up, wage cuts, and attacks on trade union organisation. Crisis The Tories and the emolovers are using unemployment force inc workers lo pay tor the CrISIS The need for fightback is urgent.
More than 40 years ago Trotsky Leor WIULCI 'Under the menace of its situation the UWIL letariat cannot permit the transformation of an inthe Creasine workers living off the slops of a crumbling society.
'The right to employment is the only serious right left to the worker in a society based on exploitation.
'Against unemployment, structural as well as conjunctural, the time is ripe to advance along with In national negotiations, the officials have blatantly ignored COlference policy.
After national strikes in knocked one hour off the week or condition that there would be no loss of productivity. the Confederation Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, sala ine question of hours would raised again until 1984.
A national fight for the 35-hour week without loss would bind employed and unemployed workers It would create 1.5m jobs immediately and if the de.
gramme of public works, unemployment would eliminated.
Houses The unemployed could work using idle plant and build houses, schools and hospitals that the working class needs.
Such policy would mean a head-on confronwill POvera ment and the employers.
Yet the strength of the 13 million trade unionists in Britain were mobilised by a national campaign, the DECENT working class would be unstoppable.
The Tories are well They backed off the because they knew that fight with the NUM would rapidly develop into a battle with the whole class.
But instead of seeking it is currently at 8 per cent.
Under the impact of the Cver employer is seeking to grab a siale ol luc market al lilt expense of other empoyer.
Britain excludes foreign goods other countries would retaliate It is only a small step to then call for 'British jobs WUIKCIS which would divide the working class Britain against itself on racist lines. Profits