IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Youth and Tebbit

Socialist Challenge No. 240, 1 April 1982 · p. 9 of the scan · 255 words

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TORY attacks on conditions of youth the other side of the same coin as Tebbit's Bill.

Tebbit's proposals are intended to remove all the obstacles to ferocious arive to up protits and cut wages and conditions. Tebbit's 'other' proposals regard to youth are meant as way of encouraging employers to take on young people at slave labour rates and dramatically drive down strike. But all strikers must be treated equally. The employer is not allowed to sack some and not others.

Now it is proposed to allow the selective dismissal strikers. This is a clear couragement to employers to break strikes by sacking the 5 Making the officials police the members. Trade will not be liable to be sued for damages the repudiate the action taken by members.

This is an attempt to make the unions prevent any action and discipline the ship.

Much of the new law will be decided after the passed by decisions courts. The judges will be able intervene in almost strike, and require the unions to call off the action until a case has been heard - a process which could take weeks. Refusal to obey could mean contempt leading to fines prisonment. overall wage rates.

The failure to announce fight against schemes and the failure to demand union those YOPs couraged Tebbit to propose a maximum wage of £25 for all youth between 16 and 17 in years old.

A fight against Tebbit involves a fight to support struggling Inese tions.

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