IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 167, 9 October 1980 · p. 9 of the scan · 233 words

The scan: sc-n167-oct-09-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 9 of the scan

Such proposals reach a high oint of absurdity when workers rom multinational company ke Ford simultaneously agree rith the proposal to build inter. ational links with other Ford orkers in West Europe against ontinent-wide attacks by Ford management — and at the same me call for import controls, resumably to keep out cars made by those Ford 'orkers! pay, coupled with a ban on over The trade unions demand that bankrupt firms be nationalised under workers' control.

and imp emented. mediately create the basis for a class-wide fight unemployment. But that can only happen if we start from the position that unemployment 1s caused by their crisis; the crisis of capitalism which no worker is responsible for.

Fiat workers in Italy have responded in way so ferocious was reaction to the threat of redundancies that in the past. week brought LuCy have government!

Struggle capitalism's crisis. then and the 3-or LICal azallist plannea economy worked JuSt trade union organisation, divide working against employea full-time against the part-time, against men, unskilled. This is what can happen unless we unite and fight.

the demands outlined above we should emblazon on our banner the fight against discriminatory lay-offs — no selling of the jobs When the employers women, part-time prentices and school leavers, but begin threatening every worker's job.

should against exactiv the right their down the GARDNER & SONS LTD Photo: KEVIN COEN

← By Paul LawsonGardners occupy "against all redundancies" →

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