Labour Party give to back their candidate in the Stechford by-election they *When times are tough, you need a strong man to represent you. Terry Davis is Labour's choice to fight the by-election in Stechford."
Indeed times are tough -tough because Govenment and the trade union leaderships have, under the Social Contract, hit the living standards, the social services and the job opportunities of ordinary working people they are meant to represent.
To forefront campaign of Brian Heron, Socialist (IMG) candidate is a determination to build a socialist opposition to the Social Contract.
The Labour blurb on Davis continues, He was born and brought up near Birmingham and now works for British Leyland. He has a good idea of the problems facing working people in Birmingham'.
What the publicity neglects to mention is that his job in British Leyland is that manager in the Jaguar RovCoventry. Too right he knows about working peoples probsay: lems. He and the rest of the bosses' Class problems.
Brian Heron is on the other side of the fence, a Longbridge shop steward, worker, not a Leyland boss.
Labour
drones on, 'He understands your worries prices and jobs'. He may well do, but nowhere has he proposed what to do to stop price rises and halt unemployement. Indeed one of his first campaigning activities was to invite Roy Hattersley to Stechford -Hattersley, the Minister directly responsible for 'controlling' prices.
Brian Heron does offer policies. He proposes an immediate freeze national wage of £50 a week, an inflation-proof system for both wages and social services.
means that both wages and social services will every mme tere is a rise in ene cost of living. of These are the type of alternatives, not only being offered created those Leyland hand-out rising prices, TEKKY DAVIS in Stechford, but facing workrise ing people country.
It may be a coincidence that one candidate boss, and the other a Leyland shop steward not a coincidence is that the Labour candidate stands four SCudi C have so savagely hit working people these last two years, DAVIS throughout TeSSEROse Leyland allies are Healey, -but what is Leyland management.
policies which allies'.
weeks left Liason assemble.
tnat into and the Socialist (IMG) candidate, stands four square with all those who are determined to Every attacks. Davis's stopping IMF, Denis and the blackmailing But for Heron: "As a Trotskyist and a socialist 1 have only one loyalty and that is to class and its THERE ARE just over three to for naHona SInKe acuon ou Its a month since Committee for Defence of Trade Unions made the call for strike action on the day that Parliament was due to running short in the campaign to turn nationd action against the attacks of The casou government other scheme for these assaults on wages, public spending and jobs has failed dismally.
It has proved farcical to rely on the likes of Benn to argue in the Cabinet for the interests of working people. Plans to pressurise one-time left trade union leaders like Jones and scanion nave come to nowing. Faith in left talking bureaucrats like Alan Fisher has been shattered.
Inis Is wny plans for na tional strike action on 19 April And this is not just a device to Way now THUCHICE negotiations Phase 3 of wages policy.
should be aimed smashing every aspect of the Social Contract now. And that means smashing Phase 2 the best way to stop Phase 3 tees to national The struggle won't end there - the committees will still be needed to build conferences able to call further action * Turn 19 April into a national strike against all aspects the Social Contract. * All out on 19 April!