Another SWP Ford pay fraud

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Published by Folrose Ltd. for the Workers Socialist Printed by Anvil Printers (TU) London. Registered Ford steward throughout the ‹ met on Sunday and formulated to be put to officials for October review.

Last year's claim was used by Moss Evans to get off the hook on wage control, and it is clear that this year's claim is also of the same nature.

Evans Last year declared that to break the Fords.

When the formulated an from mbine June claim union their Moss Evans he was going 10% limit at stewards inadequate 15% claim with fringe benefits, Evans was able to preserve a left' face by getting a deal marginally above the 10% norm (12%) and saying at the same time he had got near the original claim.

Last year's claim contained a cost of living clause, but the stewards took up no fight for itallowing Evans to drop it when the company offered cost of living clasues in exchange for pay reviews only every two years.

This year the stewards are putting forward a claim of £20 and a 35-hour week.

Of course if this were won it would smash any government policy for phase four, but once again the stewards are making the mistake of linking their claim to Fords, gigantic profits.

Membership

The financial state of the company must play no part in formulating workers pay claims; it is the financial state of the membership that matters.

A 12% deal last year still left Ford workers far behind their 1974 pay levels in terms of the real value of League, 31, Dartmouth Park Hill, is a newspaper at the Post Office. their wages.

So this year's claim should have central to it catching up demands and a cost of living clause based on inflation figures worked out by elected committees of workers and housewives.

The claim should restore what Ford workers have lost since 1974 and nothing less-with the additional demand of a 35-hour week.

ST. MONICA'S Hostel for romeless women and children las been occupied since 1 May o prevent its closure.

The occupation is demanding that the hostel is taken over by the Housing Department for the use of homeless women and children; that staffing levels are increased and that NALGO rates are paid; an end to the policy of forcing homeless people into "hard to let" housing, i.e. slums.

In order to win the demands of this occupation, it is vital to extend the fight into the trade union movement and Labour Party to force a commitment to defend the occupation against all the manoeuvrings of the city most credibility to the speech of Communist Party member and Longbridge convenor Derek Robinson at the Speke mass meeting that prepared the sell-out of the struggle to save jobs in the Leyland factory there.

In no way did the SWP warn of the dangers in the Speke stewards' refusal to put resolutions for occupation.

The SWP themselves pulled right back from advocating occupation.

It is easy for various trade union bodies to support the SWP call for the "right to work" while at the same time continuing to sell out the struggle to defend jobs.

London LEAGUE A Public Meeting to launch the book 'Communists' Against sakers include Ada stoby and Socialist Pre editor John Lister.

Thursday 15 June Earl Russell Pancras Road, Kings 7.30pm EGA-despite the huge shortage of available hospital beds.

Despite the pressure of disciplinary charges, and with no support whatsoever from the COHSE leadership, the EBS branch have defiantly continued to refer patients to the EGA.

COHSE branches must pass resolutions supporting this action and call on the leadership to give full backing to these members.

On June 10 EGA stewards have. called a conference of stewards in the London Health Service, supported by CLASH (Conference of London Area Stewards in the Health Service).

At this conference a decisive call must be put out for strike action in London hospitals in defence of the EGA, and this call should be linked to clear demands that the Union leadership takes the leading role in this action, so that the strength of the Trade Union Movement is fully mobilised in defence of the EGA and the Health Service generally.

FUND -much better week for the Special Fund with a total of £101.03 collected last week.

This brings us over the £1,000 mark to a present total of £1062.20 towards our target of £2,000.

We have only seven weeks to raise the outstanding £950 so not a moment should be lost in redeeming pledges made and in organising fund raising activities to ensure that we reach our target by the last week in July.

All donations should sent to:

Socialist Press Special Fund 31, Dartmouth Park Hill London NW5 1HR

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