Socialist Outlook

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We say: the left should press for fighting policies on jobs

Socialist Outlook no. 64, June 11 1994 · 200 words

dundancies and closures. Thatcherism, and lift millions of families out of poverty. frozen in councils' coffers, increase public spending. planned economy under workers' control. • STOP THE ROT! For strike action, occupations and mass action to prevent any more re• TAX THE RICH! The Exchequer has been emptied by Tory tax handouts of £25 billion since 1989. Any serious Labour programme for jobs must win backing from workers by promising bold action against those who have cashed in on mass misery. • INCREASE BENEFITS, pensions and grants to restore cuts imposed by 15 years of • A PROGRAMME of PUBLIC WORKS to create new jobs on trade union rates of pay, providing improved housing, health, education and infrastructure projects. Unblock the cash • OPEN THE BOOKS of the giant firms announcing increased profits as they dump thollsands on dole queues. Demand their nationalisation, under workers' management. • SHORTER WORKING week! Demand an immediate cut to 35 hours with no loss of pay. and cut further to divide the work available -- work sharing on full pay. • NATIONALISE the banks, building societies. finance houses and top monopolies. For a

SOCIALIST OUTLOOK No. 64, 11 June 1994, Page 10

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