What we need to do to defeat Howard's attacks on workers
Date: Sunday, July 10 @ 02:52:57 CDT
Topic: Australian politics
The following is SP's contribution to the debate on what sort of program the trade union movement needs to adopt to defeat Howard's attacks.
From SP's special industrial relations supplement available in the July issue of 'The Socialist'
- mass delegates meetings in every major city to discuss attacks and plan for ongoing national action
- for every union to visit every workplace to explain the attacks to members and organise ongoing action
- local and regional rank and file committees to be set up, which include families, to organise ongoing actions together with community groups
- an immediate 24hr national general strike if these new laws are attempted to be used
- for a 35 hour week without a loss in pay to share out available work
- for activities to be organised to include workers outside the union movement
- a fighting leadership in the ACTU to challenge Howard and advance workers interests nationwide
- the establishment of fighting funds to support workers in dispute not just media funds
- opposition to Howard's federalism, No to a federal system that winds back conditions
- touch one touch all - for unity of all groups fighting Howard's attacks
- Unions to pay no fines, don't let Howard bleed our unions dry
- the unions to set a minimum wage that workers need and fight for it, no confidence in bosses system of setting wages
- No deals, no compromise, no to the ACTU negotiating with Howard to sell back our conditions to the bosses
- militant responses to unfair dismissals, fight all job loses with industrial action including pickets and occupations
- a new workers party based on progressive unions and community groups to lead the struggle of the working class to challenge the bosses and fight for socialism
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