THE first trade labour movement. The Tories' policies are in tatters on HENA streets Labour leadership has failed to give any alternative solution to the crisis.
But the LCC ference didn't meet the challenge. Miners leader Scargill made stirring speech, pleading 'wanting to take people onto tne streets lo change governments. this has put 3 million on the streets', he added.
But stirring speeches are not enough. The LCC still does not see itself as an open campaigning force has been the Confederation of Shipbuilding Engineering Unions and the executive of the AUEW official support and backing. Snipe was refusing to even negotiate until we started picketing his Doncaster factory.
Then when he came forward with his very first ofunion conference of the Committee met last Saturday at a crucial turning point for the of Toxteth yet the inside the unions. This was clear from the poor attendance from key unions like transport, rail stee ace ine momes Many Labour parties were represented at the correrence our ne succes of the Benn campaign and ultimately government committed to implement socialist policies, will depend on the unity that can be forg ed between the unions and the party. and When you're fighting people like Snipe you need The LCC should be organising lo provide Ina focus now. should workers confronting this workers like those in Laurence Scott occupying against closure; workers uke inose Lee Jeans, fighting for woman's rignt lo work At the same time as Un gallising solidarity and support for these strus gles the LCC shoul launch a campaign of mass agitation not to protest against unemployment, but for a hour week and worksnaring will no loss of pay.
Bob Wright, was assistant general secrețary of the engineering union. who raised the real prolaunching fightback: is in crisis because those who led us to betrayals are still, by and large, in positions leadership, and are held guilty for those betrayals by the mass of ine movement There is a search on for leaders and policies.
the past, he said, betrayals had been covered calls unity — but always on the basis policies. of What was needed right Willg now was a unity based on left wing policies It was therefore a great Pailed to break with some conference of the, at best, ambiguous statements, trom the assured the conference that the Labour Party did not believe in rioting as a route to social progress, nol was de preparea lo ser the police injured in the of their duties.
While at great pains to roundly condemn a Tory Labour vall oll unemplovment. and racis legislation, the conference did not distance itself from the Foots, , Hattersleys and Hellers when it came to the riots. Youth While 'understanding the underlying causes for the riots, no one called for amnesty for those charged or defended the youth NO argued the need for the unions and the Labou Party to reach out and organise black and white unemployed youth the banner of Jobs