Government of Howard and his conservative supporters. Attacking trade unions through the so-called reform of the industrial system. The educational program is in labour motion. Dangers of conservative industrial suggestions, historical precedents.
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STANLEY BRUCES GREAT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BLUNDER The Howard government and its conservative backers are preparing with considerable fanfare for an assault on the trade unions through so-called reform of the industrial relations system after Howard gets control of the Senate on June 31. This raises the issue of how the reactionary proposals of the Liberals can be defeated, as the labour movement faces these attacks in a rather defensive situation. People who think there will be a massive groundswell of immediate industrial rebellion against these proposals are deluding themselves. The labour movement at the moment is rather battered and dispirited. The traditional socialist slogans of mobilization are still necessary and appropriate, but its extremely important to conduct a rapid educational program in the labour movement about the dangers of the conservative industrial proposals and about historical precedents. A campaign for a militant industrial response has to be combined with exploring all the legal poss