RECALL THE TUC Railworkers on the Southern Region of British Rail have shown that the fight against the cuts means a fight not only against the Labour Government but also ag ainst the left' leaders.
The driver members of ASLEF are appeding to booking olice stati to re fuse to accept the increase in fares and and take the old price. In this they are taking a leaf from the book of the Italian metro workers, who successfully resisted a fare increase by such tactics and won support of passengers for their But the move has met with opposition from Ray Buckton, 'left' General Secretary of ASLEF, who also opposed camer treats or industrial action D Southern Rail drivers.
The railworkers, however, have shown the type of rank and file action that has to be the basis for defending working class living standards. The struggle also took a step forward last week with the decision by the Scottish Trades Union Congress to call a special conference to discuss the fight back against the cuts, unemployment and devolution. must be only the first step to bringing Jones, Murray and Co to account.
In a situation where Jones is selling the son of f6 to the T&GWU. thi fight is all the more vital. Already Jones is preparing this through his call for a £S limit - and even this figure must be taken with a pinch of salt, when you re member that he ushered in the L6 limit with an opening bid of £15 If he whittles it down by the same proportion again, British workers will be getting only £2 from Chancellor Healey - which by a 'strange coincidence' repre sents the 3 percent which Healey hinted he would be going for last week The railworkers are showing the way. The next step is to demand the recall of te labour movement conterences lo fight the cuts, unemployment and the wage controls.
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