THE miners have been the only group in the country so far to stop Thatcher dead in her tracks.
The engineering and :ransport unions will be decisive in getting Benn as deputy leader or ine -abour Party.
EnIS conference organised by Socialist Challenae ano Ine i outh paper Revolution, supporters will discuss ow fight for socialist poncies in in• austry.
The main session on Saturday morning will se on 'Fighting for socipolicies inJustry. will be in: oduced by a leading •austrial supporter Socialist Challenge and = opportunities which for Winne ine for socialist Speakers from the will draw on the of the fight gainst the Tories on all in the atternoon - ere will be a panel of eading militants in the SOuS industries will attempt •aw ine lessons or tne ht against redundanhope to have itants from BL, steel, TeleJeans and March mong oiners The Sunday morning session will take up the -eme 'building a party worker revolutionIt will discuss the type of party that needs be built and wny It should be rooted in the working class. Conference then break into WOrk shops to discuss the different aspects of this Workshops will include:
• The role of the in. dustrial workina class in the socialist revolution. Building brulelariali women's movement the fight for Gosuve octon • Constructing class struggle left wing the labour movement; the experience of the Minority Move. ment.
• Building class struggle left wing: Trotskyists and the Team sters union in the USA in the '30s.
• The role of black workers.
To end the conference Socialist Challenge supporters in the industries will meetlodiscuss unenexi practical steps to be taken in building a party June cass struggle left wing in the labour Movement.
Entry by ricket only rom PO Bor so. London N/ 2XP Saturday evening rally celebrates the 1st anniversary of Revolution Youth Ford had threatened to shut down the whole of its operation if the strike wasn't called off.
'It's a tremendous victory,' said Halewood plant steward Jimmut weren jumping the air.
They've dropped the code, war mero see how the agreement works out.
At a special national meeting last Thursday the company dropped the system introduced November which meant entire suspended for two shifts without pay if any stoppage of work occurred In return the unions promised talk to stewards shopfloor about following agreed dispute procedures. but this is largely a figleaf cover climbdown.
In reality deterstrikers and the straight threat from Ron Todd, on behalf of the Ford unions to escalate the strike if the code wast dropped, changed the company's mind However, it hasn't all been plain sailing. Senior stewaros Dagenham allowed parts of their plants to be laid off while others worked, instead of operating a one-out, all-out policy.
And at one time on Thursday, according the report back given to Halewood sicwaus Dagenham body plant convenor and Communist Party member Danny Connor, urged acceptance of an initial company offer of a three month suspension disciplinary code.
Fortunately the Swansea plant convenor gave support Halewood demanding strike if the code was not scrapped entirely.
Halewood shows that the bosses' to of Ford workers in Britain is decided into accepting speed-up and massive rendancer can be defeated by a militant united behind clear demands.
Halewood workers have struck a blow not just against Ford, but against a central part of the Tory government's strategy to get docile workforce throughout industry.
Stop Halewood Coress. workers now face a new threat to their jobs. Ford will start building Escorts at the rate of up to 250 a day at its Valencia plant in Spain from next August.
This decision which the unions have not been informed about was, accoraing lo sonn cnow cat, divisional officer of the while collar ASTMS 'made before the current dispute de wood.
It must add to doubts that Ford is giving • Halewood and its workforce a Cheap labour is no doub the heart of Ford's decision. Ford has alreaav starea inar i li tends to make Escorts for the European market Brazil from 1983 That proposal came at the same time as the arrests of leaders metal workers union in Brazil, with the resultant break up of the Recent events in Spain may be an important factor in Ford's thinking.
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-The fight for - socialist policies in industry 27-8 June, London
youth speakers. TWO weeks of determined strike action by 10,000 Ford workers at Halewood has smash- ed the company's new disciplinary code.
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