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To Download As Solidarity & Workers’ Liberty Volume 3 No 148 26 March 2009 30p/80p an injury to one is an injury to all PRISME OCCUPIERS IRAQI TRADE GETTING WORKERS ’ CONTINUE UNION LIBERTY FIGHT CONFERENCE WRONG PAGE 2 PAGE 9 CENTRE PAGES G20: bosses face up to slump Crisis demands global workers’ solidarity BY GERRY BATES The old system, the system we live under, is capital - ism. It “works for” the private profits of the owners of n the “Put People First” demonstration business and finance, not for “people and the planet”. Workers’ Liberty is backing the Partial reforms can be imposed on it by struggle — months. Ireland has a general strike on 30 March. The “Internationalist, Anti-Capitalist, and keeping or making public services public, rather than 28 March demonstration should be used to help rally Feminist” contingent sponsored by profit-driven, for example — but within the system workers in Britain for that sort of fightback. groups inluding Feminist Fightback and No Sweat those can never be more than precarious (though Part of the aim of the governments at this G20 sum - O(www.workersliberty.org/28march09). Everywhere important) exceptions. mit is to head off a collapse of globalisation into pro - on the demonstration we will be arguing for it to be The capitalist drive for profits, not “failed policies”, tectionism. Each capitalist government wants every used to rally workers for battle against the bankers creates exploitation, poverty and ecological disaster. other capitalist government to keep its borders open and the bosses responsible for the crisis and job Now capitalist governments are attempting to man - for capital and trade flows. But already 17 of the 29 cuts, rather than for vague appeals to people in gen - age the crisis by bailing out the banks at the expense G20 governments have broken the pledge they made eral to plead with the G20 governments for gentler of workers. The outcome depends on struggle at the previous G20 meeting, last November, not to policies. between one set of people — the capitalist class and its introduce any new protectionist measures within six We will also be arguing for workers’ unity in the cri - supporters — and another set of people, the working months sis, across borders, and across differences of origin class. Continued on page 2 and skin colour. In a global crisis, to let the bosses set The G20 leaders will never “put people first”! A sys - one group of workers against another is poison. tem that “puts people first” can only be socialism — The policy platform for “Put People First” demands running the economy under public ownership, for the a “new system that seeks to make the economy work common good, under workers’ control — and it can for people and the planet”. be won only by “putting workers first”, that is, by mobilising workers to assert their own class interests (those of the great majority) against those of the prof - iteers, rather than seeking an imaginary cross-class consensus. Yet the official “Put People First” platform does not even mention the working class. The recent walk outs in the engineering construc - tion industry, the Dundee factory occupied by its workers when the bosses closed it, and the approach - ing strikes for pay and against job losses in the rail industry, show the way to fight back. France has seen two general strikes in the last two JOBS FIGHT DUNDEE FACTORY OCCUPATION Crisis Make the bosses think twice! demands At the time of going to press, the company, to keep the company going. that we did not want to be in a union, it’s Prisme Packaging factory occupation in They never bust their guts to look for just that we were not encouraged to be in global Dundee, which began when its owners other customers. But our marketing will a union. When the company first started announced closure of the company, is be miles better. We have a large cus - we had three staff here from the Dundee about to enter its fourth week. Dale tomer base with small orders. Timex factory (scene of a major industri - Street spoke to David Taylor, one of the We are not staying here in occupation al dispute in 1993). The old manager workers’ Prisme workers involved in the occupa - to get the money back which is owed to thought that those women were too mil - tion. us. There is a legal route for that. We are itant and didn’t want Prisme to be like staying here to raise awareness, we want Timex. But as soon as we get up and run - What progress has been made with the to make employers think twice about ning we’re going to get into a union. solidarity idea of setting up a workers’ co-opera - sacking other workforces. tive? What’s your message for other workers We have nearly finished this — we After three weeks in occupation, what who are faced with the prospect of los - have just to meet with the accountant, kind of support are you getting? ing their jobs? From front page and the Royal Bank of Scotland and the All unions in Dundee, such as the We are not militant people. We’re not Clydesdale Bank. FBU, the UCU, and the TUC (Dundee saying: lock your doors and occupy. here will be pressure in the labour We are hoping to stay here when we Trades Council), have given us dona - What we hope for is for people to fight movement, too, for protectionist set up the new business, but nothing is tions. We’ve had lots of financial support for what they are entitled to, for people Tand nationalist response to the crisis. set in stone. All the machinery is here, from trade unions. People have also just to stand up for themselves. Also, our These are even more destructive for the but it is under new ownership. Prisme been coming in off the street with mes - occupation is a message to other working class than for capitalism. They transferred ownership when it realised it sages of support. employers, so that they might think can only serve to set workers against was in economic difficulties and did not The Trades Council set up a fund for twice before they sack their workforce. another — and, in today’s economy, to want to have any assets left when it us for all donations, and has got us into We’re really just trying to raise aware - do that within every large workplace ceased trading. We have to buy the different venues. We’ve also had e-mails ness of both employers and employees, and city as well as across borders — machinery from its new owners. and texts giving us support and pledges to show that people cannot be treated rather than uniting us against the rul - The only assets Prisme had when it of donations. There’s about a thousand the way we have been treated, and that if ing class. ceased trading was some stock and some messages of support on our Facebook people stand up for what’s theirs, then In the recent engineering construction computer equipment. The factory prem - page. After only the first few days of the employers cannot get away with it. industry walk-outs, workers rightly took ises are leased from a private landlord, occupation we had received three hun - The economy is based on people who action — illegal, mass direct action, suc - so Prisme has no say in the transfer of dred texted messages of support. work. It’s wrong that it’s the people at cessfully breaking the anti-union laws — the lease to us. In fact, Prisme owes We’ve also been circulating a petition, the top who reap the benefits, who drive to defend jobs and union agreements. But money to the landlord. and when the petition sheets come in it around in Jaguars and Daimlers. I’ve the dispute also saw workers displaying We hope to be operational before the boosts morale. We’re not going to pres - never been political in my life but this placards with nationalist slogans — end of April. Four or five of the people ent the petition to the government or has changed my views. Society has to “British jobs for British workers”, “British who worked for Prisme have intimated anything like that. It’s a way to highlight change. workers first”. Even after the engineering construction strikers and demonstrators that they are not interested in carrying what’s going on and to boost our morale. had mostly dropped those slogans, on in a new business. We’ll start off on • Messages of support to: Prisme Amicus-Unite union leader Derek Simpson the same rates of pay, but go on to a Prisme Packaging was not a Occupation, Prisme Packaging, Tannadice posed for a publicity picture for the right- unionised workplace. Has what’s hap - three or four day week if need be to keep Street, Dundee, DD3 7PT. Phone /text: wing, migrant-bashing rag the Daily Star, the business going. pened over the last three weeks 07970.875.455. Facebook group at: with a Daily Star placard reading “British Prisme depended on just one contract, changed your views on trade unions? www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7198717 jobs for British workers”. with the Edrington Distillers whiskey There’s been a 100% change. It’s not 6437 Such nationalism can only divide the working class, strengthen the bosses and aid the growth of the far right. Workers’ ROYAL MAIL SELL -OFF Liberty appeals to trade-union activists to speak up for an internationalist response to the current crisis by endorsing our appeal for a fight for jobs for all workers: www.workersliberty.org/j4aw Instead of the demand for public owner - ship and democratic control of the banks Step up the campaign! and financial sector, the Put People First platform demands a bit more capitalist reg - ulation.
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