comsteel, coal, and post, services.
Generating investment to thcoming, inviting state for are redundancy This this means job losses.
private practices fought As we've seen work.
BLOOD-LETTING is an essential part of Thatcher's prescription for a leaner and fitter industry. Thousands of jobs have already been massacred in the major industries and pulic services -telecommunications rail, hospitals, Public sector industries have been starved of the necessary Government funds have been fornot for job creation but to knock the industry into an private buyers.
This involves forking out Government funds for asset stripping, payments and eradicating overlap in production with that of the future buyer. All will Wing, DUSTING down the nationalised industries for privatisation has involved a push for increased productivity and a challenge to the manning agreements and working for by trade unionists to protect their health, safety and working conditions.
already in rail, Merchant Bank, Cable and Wireless more accidents and more stress at Worse Services. IN MOST of the nationalised industries and services, profits from the lucrative sections go to cover the costs and losses of services which are socially necessary but don't pay their own way. So, in tele-communications dustry, non-profit making services to domestic users are subsidised by the profits from long distance and business services.
Privatisation would cream off these profitable sections, leaving no resources for investment or subsidies for services for working people and those at home. Prices rocket. Unprofitable but socially needed services like rural transport and domestic munication will deteriorate. Sections of heavy industry will be left to flounder, like heavy steelmakwhile the profitable sectors are hived off.
It will become impossible to rationally plan and invest for comprehensive services based on social need by pooling societies resources. Profit will rule the day. Telecom employs 250,000 people and tractors are workforces are split smashing of union strength is a conscious product of Tory plans to end public sector monopoly, When Southend Council replaced their refuse private hire firm, they admitted: *Another important influence on the members (Tory Councillors) in- was the refuge collection strike of 1979 when the Southend manual workers stayed out until the wage settlement was agreed, to the general union approach', The Economist views of subscribers When it cuts in coal subsidies and for nuclear and other energy alternatives, not for financial reasons but so that the coal miners could be made less reminds us that 'there are now oncomly three months to reverse that trend (of subsidised coal) before King Arthur's armies the Iron Lady's gates'.
introduced, up. This redundancy repayments.
collectors They the dustries. contrary echoes the ruling class service.
pushes for • The employees pockets. menacing' It gather at Wireless The producer gift to million. would be rolling in Rail The Government has already inadopt this The 1981 timetables, cancellations.
have to sidy. Steel strike Rail
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