An important step lorward ror me Birmingham labour movement in the fight against the £6 wage limit was amnounced ata buouc meetine on wase controls organised by the local Engineering Voice group last Friday.
Mick Rice, Chairman of the Lucas BW3 Joint Shop Stewards Committee, told the meeting that the Lucas JSSC had decided to write to all other shop stewards committees in the local engincerng maustry wiu a view to conven ing a meeting of shop stewards' deleThe search among broad sections of the working class for an adequate response to the Labour Government's attacks has been underlined in the engineering industry with the recent appearbest this is a diversion from the fight against the real culprits - the multinationals which dominate engineering - and at worst an attempt to foist the unemployment caused by British employers onto the workers of other countries.
On amalgamation, the Broad Left's proposals are certainly preferable to the outright sabotage of the right wing. Unfortunately the methods they propose simply play into the hands of the right.
Thus Broadsheet continues to argue that officials in the technical and supervisory section, TASS (who are at present appointed) should not have to submit to re-election except as vacancies occur; instead of calling for the re-election of all officials by the whole membership. Secondly, they intend to leave the method of election undecided until a new Rules Revision Committee meets, rather than calling for factory gates prepared to mount a campaign against the £6 limit and any other inComes policy the Labour Government and TUC may devise.
Rice called for a mass lobby of the next AUEW National Committee in May as an initial focus for the campaign. The May NC will basically decide what sort of wages policy will be pursued by the AUEW in the engineering industry.
a practical way in all the localities. Where possible the initiative taken by the Lucas BW3 shop stewards should be repeated members who have joined the Workers League. However its supporters group also includes many independent militants disillusioned with the Broad Left, as well as members of other revolutionary groups like the International Marxist Group and International Communist League.
from Broadsheet in its open hostility to the f6 limit, which included the organisation of a public meeting in Birmingham last week on 'End Wage Controls'. But with this single ex ception, it makes no clear break with the political line and strategy of the URGE Engineering Voice is uncritically supporting all the candidates being pushed in Broadsheet, including Bob Wright for Assistant General Secretary against the IS candidate, Len Blood. Nor does it differentiate itproposals. against £6 limit Militants should take up this fight in convened. membership. LOBBY Engineering Voice mainly differs them.
In the present round of elections, self in any way on the amalgamation In articles on redundancies at NVT - but rises to match the the books.
The danger here is clear. Although redundancies.
immediate recall.
The likely outcome will be that AUEW). Bob Wright-no fight against £6 limit