No return to the Social Contract | IMGpapers 1980

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JIM CALLAGHAN was one main speakers at this year's TUC. Despite the vious lessons of the last elec. tion, his politics haven't changed much.

For the Labour Party's right wing this year's TUC was 'a moderate success. They came to the Congress to soften up the unions. Thatcher was attacked repeatedly, but behind the anti-Tory rhetoric they plan return to tae same poncies llla led to the downfall of the last Labour government. Evident This was evident from 'A Policy for Expansion', a major policy statement produced by the TUC-Labour Party Liaison Committee. Callaghan not have been clearer about its implications. He explained that there were three preconditions to ensure the success of the next Labour government.

First, there must be complete understanding between the unions and the party before the election.

Second, this must recognise the planned and orderly change. ob- Third, lt must relations between and the state 'once and for all'. Callaghan went on to say that all governments, they avow it or not, have an inThe main problem to Labour's right wing these policies have been tried before. Callghan defended the social contract at the TUC, and argued that this time an agreement on wages 'would not be entered into as a result of a crisis, or to pull the government out of a hole'.

Planning for the future is could the aim of both the TUC and parliamentary working class living standards doesn't enter into their calculations.

Callaghan's message

reflected in the resolutions on pay policy passed by the conagreement need for define the delegates stayed in their seats.

Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers, Fisher of the Nationa Union of Public Employees.

members Party WELC pleased with the insistence on the return to the old policies. But they've got their own problems to deal with The left-wing leaders have nothing to put forward in opCallaghan. Their economic strategy the basic Dallic tramework as the right wing; making the system work more through the Congress they managed to find a compromise to smooth over any minor differences that they lack of funds in the nationalised sector, Basnett claimed that it is the flood of imports which threatens to engulf our basic industries The motion was moved by Communist Ken Gill from the technicians' of the Engineering Union. Unity was ensured once more.

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