AT GKN-SANKEY Government prevented wage rise

MICHAEL INDA

'No Ulster political before the GKN-Sankey workers strike with little gained, the ended their 'e ready to concede their demands. employers were stopped by direct intervention of the Tory government, which was quite prepared to prolong the strike and force an unacceptable settlement on the GKN workers rather than see its nonstatutory wage freeze It is believed they I want is to see responsibility and trade unionists - and amongst employers. 'And in so far as we, the government, are an employer we shall carry out our responsibilities to the full' (Our emphasis.)

If Heath was pleased at the GKN settlement we now know why. Before he could kick the workers in the teeth he had to twist the employers' arm a little on behalf of the entire capitalist class. reas The GKN lesson cannot be ignored either by the local authority workers or the miners.

Those trade union leaders who still say that the government should reactivate its reinforces conciliation machinery and advocate productivity dealing merely facilitate Heath's plans to make GKN and the ports industrial disputes for settlement into an inflexible If the Tories try to undermine the trade unions by legislation and tying wages to productivity then it is the One trade union leader it is learnt even boasted to task of the trade unions to GKN stewards that the frustrate these attempts by GKN settlement was bette tying their wages struggles with a political attack to force the Tories to resign.

There is absolutely no other way to safeguard the indepenIn his infamous interview dence of the trade unions, increase the real wages of workers and ensure full employment.

good wage demand', Mr NIPE OFFICIAL • we, the government STRKE Reference to the dock disThe negotiations were Massey THE PIOUS bumbling against swelling dole queues by Labour Party leaders at Blackpool this week has been put to shame by the decision of Clydeside Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundryworkers' shop stewards to call for a one-day strike against unemployment.

The Labour Party conference's successful resolution on unemployment 'notes with disquiet that the trend of unemployment is upwards' and politely ask the Tories — hellbent on maintaining this Price on head KING HUSSEIN of Jordan has put a price on the heads of two Palestine revolutionary leaders.

They are Dr George Habash, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Nayef Hawatmeh, of the Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Hussein's information minister Adnan Abu Odeh, said most Arab countries wanted to see Al Fatah as the only organization representing all Palestine guerrillas.

'We believe in Fatah, he said. Its ideas are nationalistic and not Marxist.' The Popular Democratic Front programme calls for a protracted people's war against Zionism, imperialism and reaction as part of a world-wide anti-imperialism front.

It has repeatedly warned KING, HUSSEIN of Jordan said yesterday that popular 'trend' — to expand the economy and increase redundancy pay!

Glasgow AEF district secretary Mr Alex Serrie announced that 150 of the union's shop stewards — representing 20,000 engineering workers in the Clyde area — had made their call at a meeting on Thursday night.

Other trades in the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions are being asked to support strike action and if they agree 100,000 workers throughout Scotland • will be involved.

A further series of stoppages was also discussed.

The Glasgow engineers' move is added to the calls for similar one-day stoppages already made by three NE trades councilsSunderland, South Shields and Gateshead.

The NE Federation of Trades Councils is meeting on October 10 to discuss promoting the one-day general strike against unemployment.

Jack Gasby, secretary of South Shields Trades Council who issued the call for the one-day strike, told our reporter:

Already three local trades councils represented by delegates from some 250 trade union branches and approximately 30,000 workers have declared in favour of this strike.

Seven other trades councils on Tyneside have still to meet and consider their attitude but the demand has already gone up to the Federation of Trades Councils to promote this strike.

On the opposite coast, the Lancashire Federation of Trades Councils and eight Merseyside councils are sponsoring an ungrows employment conference on October 25 when a call for a one-day strike and lobby of parliament will be discussed.

All trade unionists and unemployed workers should support in every way possible the campaign for one-day strikes against unemployment, a main prop of the Tory offensive on A one-day national strike will be a powerful blow against the plans of Heath and the CBI to return the working class to the conditions of the 1930s and further back.