Brian Sedaemore revealed how the press campaign to throw workers out of jobs in the car industry was fuelled.
tee on Public Expenditure which recently produced a two inch thick report on British Leyland. This document, Sedgemore Mously passed by the committee - had been published and available five hours it would mean closing down about 18 ot the 22 maior sectors of manufacturing Tax evasion combanv revenue was transrerrco out of the country by the big monopolies in order to evade tax and 'prove' the need for closures.
that transfer pricing cost to toreign subsidiaries, thus making a loss for the British subsidiary but a profit for the corporation as a whole - is illegal.
annum in interest charges. Vauxhall mak 30.0 10.00 es a loss. The interest charges are paid to 4.50 a Swiss bank. General Motors, who own 20.00 Vauxhall, also own the bank. So General Motors make a profit, while workers at 200.00 Vauxhall are told that their failure to incredse orocucuvity accounis tor ne loss 359.00 Deine made ov vauxnan. ANTI-RACISTS ACT The Hackney Committee Against Racialism has planned a series of anti-National Front/National Party street meetings to take place throughout February and March. The first meeting will be at Ridley koad Markel (scene ol many ant fascist demos) on Saturday 7 February ar 11 a.m the North London West Indian Association, the Labour Party, Communist Party, and International Marxist Group.
the industry.
He is a member of the Select Commitrevealed - which had been almost unanim before it was to be voted on. As an added ISLeT. incentive for MPs to make a clear-headed decision, une report was sublisnea at o dm.
Sedgemore claimed that if the criteria applied in the report (which made slashing attacks on the workforce in the company) were applied to the rest of British industry, Sedgemore went on to explain how at Linwood Vauxhall, for example, fully realises - selling cars below So it has improved its methods.
vauxnal nas to pay tiz mion per tion in the car industry.
There will be speakers from the HCAR, ers Control - went on to make the useful decision to draw up a workers report on Audrey Wise (Labour MP for Coventry South West) opened the conference by making a scathing attack on the Industry Minister, Eric Varley, for his intervention in the Chrysler Linwood strike. She was 'bitterly ashamed' at the blatant pro-mandoemen. bos tions laken ov a Labour min Coates No explanation However she did not go on to explain why the Tribune group voted for the Chrysler deal in Parliament, not onlv condoning 8,300 sackings, and backing the Labour Government in their determina tion not to nationalise the firm, but also underwriting the anti-union small print that was written into the deal. It is these provisions in the deal which varley is us ing in his attack on the striking workers Brian Sedgemore (Labour MP for Luton West) attempted to explain why the Tribunites had not voted against the Gov ernment in the unemployment debate In a reference to the Tribunite amend ment, which was not called in the Commons, ne salo Inat Ine ume nao come tol "a bit of workers control in the citadel'; if the blocking of the Tribunite grouping in Parliament continued, they would give warning of sabotage in Parliamentary deSedgemore did not get too carried away by nis own retoric, however. Arter rounc ly denouncing the capitalists of the car industry, he slipped a hint of his true feel ings on the matter. To hisses from a part of the audience, he declared quickly: 1 con t sav tnat everv worker in the car in dustry could justify keeping his job in SInis situatIon.
In his opinion, probably the major -Teason tor tne crisisin the car inoustry was the lack of participation and consultation in Government decision-taking. Sedgemore's solution seemed quite clear - let's have an end to overmanning, but let's do it politely. Let's have an increase in productivity, but et s nave it aemocracay
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