IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

IF WERE LAME THE TORIES ARE

The Red Mole Special Youth Issue · pp. 3-4 of the scan · 166 words

The scan: youth.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 3 of the scan

La Labour government would solve the problem of attacks on the living standards of the working class. A Labour government, just like the last one, would also have to carry out such an attack, although it might choose different methods (a state-imposed wage freeze, for example). In the case of unemployment, as with every other attack on the working class, what is needed is a policy which can be used both to fight the Tories now and to fight any future Labour government which also attacks the working class.

FIGHTING UNEMPLOYMENT The most important way of fighting unemployment is of course to prevent people becoming unemployed in the first place. In the past, union leaderships have frequently signed wage agree. ments allowing sackings in return for pay increases. Now however some unions, such as DATA and sections of the TGWU, have declared that they will not sign productivity deals which involve redundancies. The struggle against 1AN75 08T UCS

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MEETINGS ON YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

← UNEMPLOYMENT A POLITICAL STRUGGLECLAIMANTS →

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