relying on many of these same laws, and it refuses to lift a finger to aid those who carried their opposition to the Tory laws beyond Labour's empty words to active resistance.
*The former Clay Cross councillors remain live under the shadow of the 7,000 surcharge" levied against them because of their fight against the Housing Finance Act. Despite a call from the Labour Party executive, the Government refuses to reverse these decisions.
*Over [200,000 of engineering workers" money a in the hands of the capitalist state, because of fines imposed under the Industrial Relations Act. Insread of moving to repay this money, the Government is allowing the NIRC to turn another £50,000 over to the boss of Confactory.
barred from hoiding political office and have to reports on their claim.
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right to bring their wives in).
Mech as 'compensation" for the losses he suffered to free the Shrewsbury lads.
*Phase 3 remains on the books-and not as a dead letter. Michael Foot is currently using this law to block the payment of an interim wage trade union rights. rise to London NALGO members, and is forcing them to wait for months (while prices rocket) until the Pay Board-another Tory creation*Labour's Home Secretary, Roy Jenkins, prepared to use every dirty clause of the Tory Immigration Act to preserve this racist immigra- for example He has even denied women settled in Britain the right to have their husbands join them (despite the fact that immigrant men have the conquer new gains, *The workers jailed at Shrewsbury for their trade union activities remain in prison. Labour b talking about trying to steer a new picketing law through Parliament, but will ont pick up its pen Whatever new law Labour enacts, the capitalist courts will continue to have vast powers over picketing Only the release of the Shrewsbury workers will serve as a clear warning to them to keep their hands off It is clear that the working class can expect no good froma Government such as this. Labour is only prepared to repeal certain Tory measures if it can be sure of doing the same job by other means-replacing Phase 3 by a social compact" with the union bureaucrats to hold wages down, Only the independent organisation of working people, and mass, united action to back up their demands can protect working class interests and Whether it is a question of forcing Labour to abandon its anti-working class policies, or of imposing measures on the capitalist bosses to preserve workers living standards, such strugale is the only way forward.