Socialist Outlook supporters, central to the organising of the trade union Lefts Conference held a fringe meeting with other Fourth International comrades afterwards.
Joel Lejaenic from the Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire in France and a shop steward at Air France talked about the continuing crisis of the French state as it tries to Implement the Maastricht convergence criteria.
Hans Jurgen from the German RSB spoke of the growing mobilisations in Germany but argued that the unions remained much more on the defensive and under the the control of the bureaucracy than in France.
Greg Tucker of the RMT Executive spoke of the difficulties facing the union after privatisation and how railworkers had resisted attacks from their new bosses.
The discussion highlighted the different pace of the class struggle across Eurone and growing efforts by the working case to coordinate Europe wide action. Such debates are not only Inspiring but essential in the current period. the Nineties comprehensive review of the impact of the Tory years on the trade union movement and a perspective for the left in the 1990s. £2 including post and packing From Socialist Outlook, PO Box 1109, London N4 2UU OUT NOW! Trade Unions in A new 68-page pamphlet giving a Trade unions in the Nineties socialim