C.P. hinders work-study opposition

strated by Liverpool Trades Council's September 16 meeting for local shop Newsletter (reported 20), stewards in "The have been assured of a big response in the area.

Merseyside has already been hit hard by the rising jobless trend. 30,000 workers—more than 4 per cent of the labour force-are already out of work.

As George Stratton, divisional organizer of DATA, told the Trades Council meeting, 12,000 workers have already been put out of the GEC combine nationally-with very little opposition. Why?

At AEI Woolwich, 5,000 admitted to the Labour Party by the bureaucracy only two days before the occupation was due to take place.)

How should the fight have been waged?

The occupation should clearly have been the climax of a broad campaign against unemployment in the area, leading to a situation where the GEC-English Electric workers would have been supported by sympathy actions in the area. Weinstock cannot be pushed back without such a THE INTERVENTION of Stalinist leadership threatens campaign. to bring the defeat of 70 electricians who are on A struggle also had to be strike at the three Scottish factories of Rolls-Royce taken into the mass of workers in the three plants them- Ltd. selves.

of the Electrical Trades Union, have been on strike The electricians, members electrical breakdown.

When this happens the shop stewards of the other trades allow jigs to be moved to other machines.

Shop stewards for the Their struggle is against a Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundryworkers and other trades have accepted the job - evaluation scheme and refuse to support the electricians.

At a meeting between an ETU organizer and shop stewand lad fl between the ards of all trades at the Hillington factory there was a clash with CP members during which one prominent Stalinist committee walked out.

It appears that what offended the CP members more than anything else was that an ETU organizer, and machines which have one-time CP member himself put out of action should attack them.

Ford claim in FORD car workers' demand for wage increases of £8 to £10 to bring them into line this issue i issue proute Workers with the Midlands went to the management on September 25.

A conference of Ford combe published. This is indeed bine stewards will follow on historic occasion for it October 19 at Coventry.

N.A.L.G.0. No confidens ABOUT 1,200 delegates millions of revolution attending the National and • major capitalist cos n Local Government Officers' Association Special Group Meeting (Local Government) in London on Saturday, Sepof August 20, tember 23, deplored their from a blow struck by Stalin's negotiators' failure to get a this last pay rise from the local authorities.

A motion instructed them "I AM CONFIDENT OF to negotiate an improvement THE VICTORY OF THE 'without delay'.

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL - GO FORIn publishing Workers' Press we have met that challenge— the building of the mass party lies ahead. This is the burning 1HE SIRIKE of 1,000 The Central Committee of Better Sound Reproductions the Socialist Labour League workers in East Kilbride, calls upon the working class Lanarkshire, has continued and the youth to join with us now for six weeks and the in making 1970 the Year of management still refuse to which we shall take powerful recognize the Amalgamated strides forward in fulfilling Union of Engineering and Foundryworkers.

Socialist workers, trade Mrs Judith Hart, MP has unionists, revolutionary youth: stated that she supports the The hour is at hand to strikers, but the burning question is whether she is prestrike the mightiest blows pared to put words into in history against degenerate imperialism and its action.

After all, she was a member and Stalinist bureaucratic social-democratic of the government during the agents. agents end to capitalism. period when proposals were being drafted to introduce laws penalizing striking worWe call upon you to join kers and she did not then raise her voice in protest. tain and bula she dilatio Wordy statement Mr Dave McDowell, prosorgaozet of here the mass pective Communist Party Por liamentary candidate Lanark, also made a wordy JOIN the Socialist Labou statement in the 'Morning eague and the Young Social Star' on September 20 calling for government intervention to compel BSR to grant the right of trade union organizaHe stated 'Action is urgently September 26, 1969 required to win the just de-