INSIDE | IMGpapers 1968

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The current wave. of local and cog tional strikes in steel, the car indintry and she nearing show very well that the militancy of the working class is anything hol broken. Tha thurmous scope of support and sol idarity action for the hospital wor keis from the rank and the of the working class moment has demOnfituted that months of slanderous pres campagn did not in any sig nilicant way weaken the unity o the woe king class movement. The two key cards which the Goy ecoment boboses are the trade union bureaucracy's refusal to lead the fight, and the ue of repressive walener against militants under cover of the authority of Parliament and the laget system. The ruling class hopes to do the breathing sober before the next round of confrontations to offer trilling con cessions to the trade union bureaucracy in retum for active or pasive acceptance of phase 3. At the same time it will attempt to intimidate workers by-meking repressive move aga net the militants the attack or the Shrewsbury building workom is a foretaste of governinent plans. This on May Day militants mun fight againut any resumption of talks with the Tory Government: they must demand that nothing be anapled from the Governmeltehort of the complete scrapping of the incstral Melations Act Dvd the Pay Laws they must demand that unlone treat any reprossive ettack on any group of workers as an attack on the whole class and they must demand that the unions organise the defence nt the pricker lines apainst police attacks With these policies the werking class move went can, return to tha offanow sha halt the attempt of the froners Council to throw the movement in10 head ong retreat.