Howe moves on wage controls

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The intricacies of the Parliamentary timetable forestalled the efforts of the Thatcher government to slash back the teachers' pay award of from 14-16%.

But the Tories remain determined to act on the wages and force settl down to 10% or below.

Policy paper

Last week saw the Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe present a policy paper on wages to the TUC at a meeting of the National Economic Development Council.

The document stressed that the government intends to use cash limits to hold down rises in the public sector, and accused "excessive" pay rises of retarding progress in the economy.

TUC leaders refused to discuss the document-but have spelled out no policy to combat the Tory strategy and show no intention of fighting any of the Tory attacks.

Falling sales in the executive car market are producing mass lay-offs and short time working in Europe.

6,000 German Ford workers involved in Granada and Capri production are to be made woman worker WOMEN BEAR THE BRUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENT!

TH redundant in major in production.

6,000 Opel workers were laid off in Jüne. In Audi, BMW and Volkswagen, workers are on short-time working.

And now 2,500 workers at Rover Solihull, producing the Rover and TR7 cars are to go on a three day week and a two day week-and face the prospect of short time until Christmas.

The worldwide crisis in the motor industry points to the folly of import controls as a "solution"

The common problem in every case is that production takes place only for the profit of the capitalist class: the only guarantee of jobs and living standards in the car industry or any other sector is action to overthrow that system and establish a planned, socialist