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Denm ark's minority Social Democri Itic government is fighting for its life against growing working class resistance to its reactionary policies.
The government's policy is to restrict wage increases to 6% a year from March 1977 for two years. Its problem has been how to prevent this policy being destroyed before it even begins.
DRACONIAN A series of unofficial strikes over the last few weeks culminated in last week's unofficial stoppage by 12,000 oi tanker drivers which threatened to bring industry and transport to a halt.
• Jorgensen's Social Democratic government agreed with the on a wage and price freeze until March, along with draconian measures against all strikes (which are already subject to large fines if they last more than two days).
POLITICAL CRISIS
This agreement was rejected out militant workers. the increasingly of hand by the TUC, under collosal pressure from The Social Democrat leaders then withdrew their proposals, thus threatening their parliamentary majority.
This political crisis gives the working class the opportunity to make a giant stride forward in destroying state wage control - but only with the most principled and decisive leadership, which the TUC has shown itself quite unable to offer.
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