Ban on demo possible obstacle in the way that they can to disorganise the Troops Out Demonstration called for Sunday 27 October.
The Department of Environment has banned the demoustrators from uRing Tratalgar Square. They have justified this by saying that there is a blankel ban on all Irish demon strations in Trafalgar Square.
The demonstration will also not be allowed to march down Fleet Sireet: This decision has been taken by the City of London police. They have dug ap some AcI pussed in 1832 asa pretext for this opment of effective mass democratic methods of struggle ciected strike committees and flying pickets. Unifying demands, such as equal pay increases for all, have heen advanced.
from what is taking place. If is these developments that will help to take Even the fact that three Labour MPs to schieve this. lotty drivers. FACED WITH A MASSIVE working of all the different groups of striking class upsurge in Scotland, the empfoyers are pulling all the tricks in the the demands and the struggles. The book, The first one is to try to get the Labour Government to intervene with its "arbitration service' So far the tremendous speed. scope, and militancy of the strike wave has defeated all attempts at sabolage. But the employers and bureaucrats will undoubtedly step up their efforts-in particular so pick off the individual groups of workers who have been involved in the longost struggles.
The unification of all the demands and struggles will be a key factor in the elation. A whole series of ptactical steps can be taken The different sections of workers claims, and such forms of solidarity mise take up the most advanced shoves taken by other groups in struggle The lorry drivers and strike others nion adopt the democtatically elected strike committees of the teachers, and everyone din learn trom the flying picket tucties of the A meeting of che representatives workers should be organised to unity demands which the TMG Chinks can forn part of the basis of such united action are:
Down with the social contract.
For a minimum wage of 140 For, 35 hour.
Make the bosses pay for inta sion -extend the thresholde into a slidiny scale of wages.
No collaborution with the arbitration services For Labour councils to give fall support and practicas assistance to the strikers.
Heyond these immediate measurer the wave of strugeles also shows the need for united action by all public sector workers. This can involve uniting borh all the struggles and as those still at work distributing propaganda majerial for those on The crisis also shows the need for a struggle against all the public nec tor cuts and for the working clam to take ap a workers plan for deal ing with the tremendous socia! crisis in Scotland
AT THE END of the 13 week strike at Imperial Typewriters, Leicester, Red Weekly claimed that the settlement was a victory.
Of course, it was only a partial victory. The appalling wage structure mil operated, the two year eligibility rule to stand as a shop steward still applied, and the local union was still ander the control of'a group of acially minded right-wingers. But he morale and combativity of the Aslan workers meant that they were in a position to change all these features:
Already bonus targots have been reted, harassment by foremen is ming, and serious discussions.
It how to improve conditions e taken place between black and hite workers.
REGIONAL REPORT
One of the loose ends was the long.
uited Regional T&G Report on dal. The Regsonal Enquiry was up after the strikers had picketed apott House in London on 31 force is nearly 1700, of whom |1U0 are Asians. There were only 17 stewards, of whom two were Asiansand these appear to have been "elected' after the strike had started.
The Report calls for the election of one steward per fifty member. which will dramatically increase the number of stewards. It also calls for better communications in the factory and specifies that the grievances procedure should be printed in the lang uages of the workers involved.
LOCAL OFFICIALS
The impression should not be given that the Report is totally acceptable. It refuses to face the crucial issues of the influence of racism and the role of the local official: All it says is that the local officials became emotionally involved Now their emotional states are their own business, but their actions are not. District secretary Bromley and convenor Weaver did all they could to smash the strike. They The Report is considerably the role of outsiders"- that is, the socialists and trade unionists who actually belped the strikers while the District T&G attacked them and the Regional T&C gave its display of masferly inactivity.
would have made a forloise look jet-propelled in comparison, went further at the press conference to present the Report and launched a others including IMG members who had dared to interfere in his back yard. But on the role of Bromley and Weaver-just silence will be a positive one. It will give further ampetus to the Imperial workers in their struggle for better conditions and for i democratic union. But it was the prolonged strike of the Asian workers that the fight against racism.
tougher when it comes to deal with Mathers, who during the dispute savage attack on Bennie Bunsce and POSITIVE EFFECT The overall effect of the Report LAST WEEK THE HOUSE OF LORDS ruled that a colour bar which prevents en are most exposed to lie pro-capstatest blacks from joining a working men's club in Preston was not illegal under the Race Relations Act.
A spokesman for the national orgamsation of working men's cints said that he was "pleased" with the Housc of Lords ruling This ruling which is based on the view bitest example of the total usciosnos of the Race Relations Act and the courts in BLUDGEON Ker since it was cuacled the Have Rela the labour asement Rons Act his beer used for more frequently as a bludacon against anti-cacists - blacks attempting to speak out against choir ap pression, left-wing demostrators than apalest the sowers of race-hatred.
The workers movement most reject the bourgeois Lord Josta rublier stamping of "private racism. It is preciscly in the privacy of their homes, where thoy are cut off from the solidarity of the work place nd the comnion class struggle, that work S OF ideas poured out by the television, the newspapers and capitalist politicians. It is here, in brivate. that the seeds of rac ism aru cullivated, and prow into ovil, dang CLUS WIT I is these pricate views which tie behir eis strugglis, and the attractiot or want working poople to the reactionary seas of the Natonal Froat, and other fascist and racist orgarisa bons Racism both "private" and "public" is the deadly enemy of the whole working class. and must be totally rooted but ol COPS But the Raco Relations Art cannot be used in this figar, It is absurd to think that racist in the workon moscment can bo doal with hy the cops on the capitalist courts. Thisjab must be carried eat by the lator movemont itself.
A Till scale fovestigation by the wor ker mowginent into racisin in Working Men Clubs is long overdue Any clubs aporating colour bars abould be drummed but of the labour muscmont, mad treated as the scab organisacions they and At the same lone, malitants nint step