IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Hiving-off

Socialist Challenge No. 159, 7 August 1980 · p. 4 of the scan · 240 words

The scan: sc-n159-aug-07-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 4 of the scan

in the industry, meetings and joint stewards commulecs. bene involveu m une oro cess of taking control. It means all and opening the financial books of the rUSL private telecoms manufacturers rip it off, how the private sector is subbasic in- suisca. now une system Is acszcu for their needs. It means vetoing all decisions of the management that Bringing owned go against ru workers and work ing people as a whole Socialist research, and socais. s aooul oremar work. ing people destinies. ( im une workolace. it's about wresting power from the tiny group of other, to dictate to half a million Post Of fice workers.

their Office to find out how the Other from the truth.

democracy, genuine controlling our own The The best place to start is bosses who want firmly tied.

The Tories make great play of the fact that hiving-off activities will mean greater 'competition', and that this will mean better services to the customer. Nothing could be furThere will be no real competition between British Telecoms and the private sector. Firstly, British Telecoms is having to invest £1,500m a year in modernising the basic telecoms network and is having difficulty generating this money from its own revenue, despite its high profits.

government-imposed cash-limits that there simply won't be the capital for investment in the areas where the competition with the private sector will be fiercest apparatus. British Telecoms will have its hand

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