CP begs "lefts" to return

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DEREK ROBINSON, Communist Party member and Leyland steward, spelt out the strategy put forward by the Liaison Committee leadership when he said that the declaration should be supported because it 'established the broadest plattorm and widestplatform of unity -around rejecting Phase 3 and a return to free collective bargaining, being the most important task facing the movement'.

The same theme was echoed by Kevin Halpin summing up on ine aiscussion, wno said una whilst he disagreed delegate aerone Tol productivity dealing, and with a memberfrom the train drivers union ASLEF who said that the main problem was maintaining important uning was mat mey nad to whi their unions to voting against the Social Contract at the TUC This strategy the banner of free collective bargaining' is, to rebuild an alliance with the dent trade union leaders du unt expense of fighting Phase 2.

*Some any nised that they were wrong in accepting the Social Contract. that Wemust convince others of the , said Bert Smith, UCATT North West Divisional Council celerate.

delegate shipyards put it still bluntly: 'Bob Wright is a living example that if you push them hard enough they'll come back to you and lead the movement correctly.

The truth of the matter is that it was inese lens like Jones and Foot who were the architects or ine socia and these left" leaders, just like of 'all behind Wright, have done nothing to organise a fightback however, the Social wedis. ising their mistakes' they wish to regain the leadership of the growing opposition amongst workers to the Social Contract.

The LCDTU is begging these "leaders' to come back and lead the present movement. Unity at any price is on the order of the day, that is why no alternatives Yarrow oramendments were allowed to more the declaration.

The building of a real oposition to the Social requires more than this requires building a strong unity of the class policies which wide alternative to the social Contract.

Red Weekly readers should CONTrACTI against Contract for two and are only now 'real- Leyland because wages policies as immediate wage cuts under the This is based Contract which in con aroune class the lefts into around such demands.