The key medsue. therefore government to take, to deal with the crisis to the benefit of the workers, are a shorter working week, al clu redundancies, and a halt in price BUSC leading to decisive measures to put supervision and control of the economy in the hands orine wUrKCis.
How has Ine vutlerrand-Mauroy government responded to these needs?
The government has granted an week's nonday a year (bringing the total to 5 weeks). But instead of legislating the 35 hour week, a 39-hour standard has been WCCK decreed negotiations sector by secLOI bring 35-hour week over yeals. Mitterrand with his cabinet These negotiations will provide endless opportunities to for the bosses to prevancaie Bosses The first reaction of the government was to declare a suspension of all redundancies due to be carried out over the sumHICH But as result of pressure trom the bosses Prime Minister Mauroy has now deciared that the government will respect right of firms declare redundancies.
Mauroy has also declared in favour of 'price freedom' - in other words the freedom of prices to go upwards.
The new government is also in full Il re natt oon te questior nuonsd ions It came to power on bluei allllic ilationalising the few nonnationalised banks and of nationalising major commercial giants.
Banks The banks have now been nationalised But the number of nationalisations has been whittled down to five.
Moreover, these nationalisations will only be of 'parent companies which enables the bosses to keep control over key subsidiaries) which resources can be trans terred Nationalisation will take place with compensaTON The former owners, the precise form vr tis coll oclisalioll is.Il0. yet fixed, but it is certain to be generous.
There is no doubt that the Socialist government has overwhelming