Bradford march _ no lead from TUC leaders TEN thousand workers, local workers, teachers, workers into Bradford last Saturday for the demonstration 'culminating' in the TUC's week of action on unemployment.
But they hardly got any lead from such well-known class struggle fighters as general Tailor and Garment Workers, and John Brown, general secretary of the Tailor and Garment Workers ween them have presided over 110,000 jobs lost in the industry in the last year alone TUC general secretary Len Murray talked with more hope than conviction of 'the sands of time running out for the Tories' and the uncertainty nibbling away at the resolve of the Tories'.
Yorkshire miners struck "This demonstration But the miners, textile government Tories spent building and engineers poured Never again must fodder for war' Neither did they fight for Tony secretary well-paid, John 'gremlins and goblins of Tories.
Only left-wing MP Bob Cryer and leader Arthur • Scargill an air of reality. Scargill said won't save jobs, and anyone who tells you it will is living in cloud cuckoo land. The only way to save jobs is through direct action' most prolonged applause came when Scargill said: 'Last year the tiz.o millon on defence and plan to spend an additional £5 billion on more Cruise and rident missiles British youth be the an capitalist No speaker mentioned the need for a 35-hour week to combat unemployment.
mention the need to Benn's candidacy as a crucial way of securing socialist policies Murray and his non-elected full timers have always preferred the road of partnership and collaboration with the bosses.
That's why they call for import controls rather than a fight for the 35-hour week. Nothing frightens them more than the prospect of a real fight because when it occurs the sands of time will be of action Forced on them by the growing anger of Scottish working people, the stop page was never organised or fought for by the trade leaders. many trade unions. CHOCIS were given no direction by their leaderships and it was obvious thal shor period (three weeks) which shop stewards were given to build the stoppage was insufficient.
What could have been Scottish-wide general strike for two hours, was partially supported, only and then mainly by the Photo: Morning Star THE Scottish TUC's contribution to the week - a two-hour stoppage on Wednes The blame can be squarely laid at the door of the STUC itself white collar workers.
When first announced the coker cacu the proposed stoppage 'Polish style 'strike'.
Perhaps there is comparison which can be drawn between the grow• and frustration Scottish workers and inel ronsa counterparls But there's no comparison between the courageous leadership shown by Solidarity in Poland and the timidity and cowardice of the STUC.
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running out for them, just as much as the Scottish strike - another STUC flop
day 8 April - was a flop. and other Scottish union leaders.