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Hostaine part rillas By a political correspondent 'I HAVE never believed,' Mr Victor Feather, ernment wanted a showdown with the unions?

THE STRUGGLE of the Pilkington glassworkers### GKN strike still not official THE 5,000 GKN-Sankey workers are not to get official backing from their unions. This emerged after a meeting at Brighton, yesterday between Transport and General Workers' Union leader Jack Jones and the General and Municipal Workers' Union leader Lord Cooper.

to stay out A 1,200-STRONG mass meeting of British-Leyland's Morris Motors workers What does he mean? our readers will ask. Has he not heard of:

The proposed Tory anti-union laws which are now being feverishly drafted by the law ofices at the Department of Employment and Productivity?

The government calling the employers to battle stations against all wage increases?:

The declaration that it will give the lead in the state-owned industries by refusing to give way to the unions' just demands?

Of course he has. But since Mr Feather and the TUC have decided not to fight the Tories then why should they see any dangers And naturally, Mr Carr, the Tory Secretary for Employment and Productivity, appreciates very much what the TUC is doing: That is why he described the government policies towards the unions as 'firm but fair'.

Changed?

Does this mean, you may ask, that the 'Tory tiger' has changed his stripes and has decided to be 'fair-minded' to the working class?

course Both Feather and Carr choose their words carefully. "firm and fair mean that For Carr, words if you want to get more money Mr Carr will that you work harder for it. You've_guessed it — Measured-Day Work.

No wonder Mr Feather is enthusiastic since MDW is TUC policy. Why should there be a fight with the Tories?

Mr Carr and the Tories haven't stopped laughing yet at the way they bluffed Transport and General Workers' Union leader Jack Jones into persuading the dock workers to go back to work and accept Devlin speed-up.

Return

They know that the extra money they have to pay will be returned with interest as soon as the speed-up gets under way and the docks labour force is drastically reduced.

The Tories and the TUC have now, in fact, a common wages policy and it is based on recent docks settlement.

In the state-owned industries, they are prepared to give a little money provided the labour force is reduced and speed-up introduced.

In other words, you can have a wage increase if you work harder and agree to sackings.

This is what the Tories want when they call for a fight against inflation.

The fight against MDW is inseparable now from the fight against employment.

Beware

Those trade unionists who are fooled by the Tories and the TUC into giving up their demands for straight T&GWU executive member Marie Patterson: jobevaluation with equal pay. Action for equal pay rejected From our industrial correspondent DAVID MAUDE in Brighton BORED acquiescence appeared the prevail mood amongst delegates as the 102nd Tra Taina amunna dunrer ta a alana prantandar union congress urew The morning's debate continued to reflect-though in pale and distorted fashion —the grave problems facing millions of rank-and-file trade unionists moving into their fourth month of Tory government; problems which this week's deliberations totally failed to answer.

Calls for a card vote at the end of yesterday's equal pay debate were successfully brazened out by Congress president Sir Sidney Greene.

Delegates thus endorsed, by a show of hands, a woolly and long-winded rationale from General Council spokesman George Lowthian for rejecting the bid from the draughtsmen's union to commit dustrial unions to take inaction to end this industrial apartheid'-despite support for it from the powerful engineers and transport 'Initiative' And they merely called on 'unions themselves to show an energetic initiative' to achieve o a close yesterday. Repression of Spanish workers is condemned DRAWING attention to the 'brutal repression of Spanish workers in their fight for free trade union', National Graphical Association executive member Ron Harris won - without opposition — Congress's condemnation for the torture and persecution of workers, students and intellectuals by the regime'.

Congress supported 'the basic rights of workers who seek the re-establishment of free trade unions in Spain' and called on the Spanish authorities to 'rélease their social and political prisoners'.

Outlining the Franco regime's murderous but unsuccessful attempts to beat back the heroic struggle of Spanish labour in the past for, Harris stressed the need where to mobilize 'in support IAM CONFIDENT OF of the people fighting one of THE VICTORY OF THE the cruellest and most totalitarian regimes in Europe'.

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US forces TH WO ERS PRES nam call British government 'to dissociate itself from the action of the US government in S Vietnam and Cambodia' and declared that "Trotsky's 'peace is impossible until the withdrawal of US forces lectures given takes place'. portant contacts' had been made with the guerrillas in charge of the hi-jacking operation.

The Iraqi government had also informed the French, Soviet, US and British ambassadors in Baghdad of this MODERATES Moving the hostages is seen as a victory for the guerrilla movement's 'moderate' wing. Groups supporting the hijacking are in a minority on the commando Central Committee.

They have also lost the support of the Iraqis, who only two days ago were full of praise for the hi-jacking operation.

The sudden Iraqi turn is clearly connected with the European governments' refusal to foxiace failed Arab cosi mandos and the growing Jordan crisis. THIS WEEKEND Swimming Gala Saturday September 12 6 YORK HALL BATHS Old Ford Rd, E.2 sports Day Sunday September 13 2 PARLIAMENT HILL FIELDS Region Young Socialists MONDAY-SEPTEMBER 14 THE FIRST OF TWO Trotsky Memorial Lectures "Trotsky's struggle against Stalinism' BEAVER HALL GARLICK HILL Near Mansion House tube Starta 8 p.m. Admission 2s ¡ TROTSKYS LAST WORDS FOURTH INTERNATIONAL 1965 THAT MEANS FORWARD TOO.

THE FIRST DAILY TROTSKYIST PAPER 197• THAT MEANS BULF SECOND LECTURE Monday September 21 fight against revisionism' by G. HEALY (SLL national secre

After several days of bitter fighting in Amman between guerrillas and King Hussein's troops, another uneasy truce has been declared.

While it was still supporting the hi-jackers, Baghdad radio warned that the US was preparing to rally behind Hussein.

"Through closing its Embassy, Consulate and AID office, US imperialism is prephased progress towards Lucas eliminating sex differentials by the end of 1972.

London draughtsmen's delegate, Ron Whiteley urged 'use of our tremendous industrial So far only the CAWU the era of mini-wages. an end Supporting him, T&GWU executive member Marie Patterson insisted: *Legislation can never be successful in itself.. 12° 'No deals' And there were 'very many good reasons', she said, why workers wanted nothing to do Divide-and-rule with job-evaluation deals — recommended in Labour's The management's divide equal pay act as a means ol and-rule policy has operatec providing 'equal pay for work of equal value'.

arely support militant actior Lowthian's answer was that The Acton foremen hav it was 'not the responsibility been split by a recent £220-a- of the General Council to be asked to support industrial ear increase, only given t hose directly concerned wit action irrespective any other factors ...

RIPPON IN HONG KONG across-the-board pay increases without strings in return for a pay rise with Hong Kong, Friday - Mr strings, are making a rod Geoffrey Rippon, Britain's for their own backs.

Accept this deal today and you may well be unemployed tomorrow.

Beware of this 'firm but fair' Tory clap-trap. Beware colony's economy if Britair of the TUC's role.

Real strength now Sunday