Alan Thornett in the elections for General Secretary of the TGWU is an important opportunity to begin to build an class opposition to the trade union bedfellows of Callaghan and to their viciously poncies ture will be armed with real policies which can take struggle forward. In his election address, Brother Thornett emphasises again and again the need for a Engineering democratically bosses and the state. His 'commitment to the working class with no compromise is a far cry from the Evans and Kitson Social Contract at all. Thornett's supporters have no such equivocating policies to defend. In his ciccuon address une programme Is clear: *The direction of the TGWU must change from the class compromise epitomised by Bro. Jones' "Year of the Beaver" speech, to be actively defence of the interests working class.
I therefore oppose the women on women's ) Stewards Comif the right However, it does drastically affect Dosterdulalc dents.
The Broad Left leadership therefore calls for the waiving of fee increases for dents, leaving aside the general issue of the across-the-board increase in tuition tees.
This policy ignores the fact that Ene increase in tuition tees tor all colleges organised SUPPULL anti-working Class supporters of this candidaclass organised labour , independent from the manifestos refuse to challenge JACK JONES work sharing maintain jobs. nationalisation of any these demands. amoroved. polling studepartments.
self-financing SLU tne TITSI abolition which StudCHESwill result in a drop well as motal one spending. I call for the opening of the books of employers who declare redundancies or closure and meeting demanding shop workers." members central planks full for geois employer who refuses these demands and the removal of Callaghan and Healey by left MPs who must form a will support -TOI DODORCHES DISCRIMINATION All racial discrimination must be actively opposed and the wages and conditions of women workers ite" by the until 19 March. election Weekly calls on supporters in the TGWU to make an all-out effort in the remaining month to win militants to the policies endorsed by Thornett. News is arriving daily massively reducing the intake of overseas students. This will result in the closure of both courses and CULDaCKS By failing to put forward the demand for the freezing of all fees step towards their could unite all -Ene NUS leadership reduces the question of support for tie overscas students to a purely sort of unity about the progress of the cam paign. In Bristol the Avonmouth DOCKS DanCI organised a on February for TGWU members with Bro. Thor nett speaking. Militants at Com monwealth Smelter have pledged their support for Thornett "be cause of his record in supportin strike action and defending the stewards organisation of POLICIES In Leicester and Preston similar plans are underway with the help of Red Weekly supporters. TGWI should demand that other candidates publicly present policies. They should be forced to take positions on the platform. In addition, mass meetInEs al une worknace snouDi convened where the policies of the contending candidates can be de bated out before polling This is essential in light of the offensive launched by the bourpress to marginalise Thornett candidature and it can cut across the isolation of workers casting meir ballot as incaviolais A leaflet issued by the Campaign Movement, which supports Thor nett, is correct in its estimate of his 'No other candidate offers a programme so close to the needs of the working class today Moss Evans, created "favourpress and television, supports the Social Contract to the hilt, refusing even to put the wage claim drawn up by Ford workers to management, accepting instead the Alex Kitson, the so-called "left" candidate, has uttered not a word against wage controls before the They effectively isolate this struggle from the general struggle against the The lack of a correct political line for the struggle against tuition fee threatens to derail this movement in the same way that the massive struggle for jobs by student teachers last summer was thrown off course by the NUS leaders.
TENSIONS Neither have the massive tensions see une student movement resuit ing from the collapse of the service companies orme wus been res olved. The Broad Left's solution Has occh to make compromise with the right wing in the union.
A new coalition of students, the Socialist Students Alliance, has now been formed to fight for a different for the student movement - unity in action around such campaigns as those against tuition fees, the struggle against college closures and loss of jobs and ALAN THORNETT election campaign and John Cou sins, whilst rightly saying that th TGWU is controlled by a clique complains that dominating the government whe in reall through Jones and the TUC whic tus the covernmen forcing us policies throats of the unions.
EMPTY TGWU members should not b influenced by empty "left" talk Jack Jones was elected as a "lef winger only 1 years a00. me 1 now the architect of wage control."
Evel CIOSCS fight for an organised socialis ODDOSIIOL Call not let up impact of the campaign must b felt at the TGWU Conference i July and plans should now underway to ensure this happens Ine Conterence called by in Campaign for Democrac Labour Movement on 27 Mar opportune time fo TGWU militants to plan out th next steps for continuing the fight the labour movement.
For a unified NUS based on action service empire. For the full aut are ne question orloos anal Opposition to all immigration laws, support for black self-defence against racist attacks, and against platforms being provided for racist and fascist agitation. * Support for all workers struggles internationally. Full solidarity with Ine struggie ortne black masses and for an end to the Labour Govern ments colaborason win me yor ster regime. For the immediate Ireland and the right of the Irist own future.
The Federation of Conservative Students, the Broad Left and the Nanonal Organisation or Es soci eties will all be standing full slates