tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post7528798379856827138..comments2023-06-14T01:57:25.811+12:00Comments on UNITY: Workers rights: what will it take to win?UNITYbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988382051387127423noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-51770187907940870232010-08-01T19:02:33.459+12:002010-08-01T19:02:33.459+12:00The Council of Trade Unions Alternative Economic S...The Council of Trade Unions Alternative Economic Strategy continues the CTU line of workers helping bosses raise productivity while raising vague requests for "fairness", wrapped in the fantasy of "an economy that works for everyone". That is only "positive" as a visiting card for union officials who want to cross over to a safe Labour seat sooner rather than later. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-90915867221084751322010-08-01T18:33:32.291+12:002010-08-01T18:33:32.291+12:00Don, you complain that the CTU is “welded to the ...Don, you complain that the CTU is “welded to the hind tit of the Labour party”.<br /><br />Yet the significance of the Council of Trade Unions Alternative Economic Strategy is that it breaks away from the Labour Party’s slavish commitment to neo-liberal economics.<br /><br />Isn’t this a positive development, something that should be encouraged and promoted within the union movement? Don’t we Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06711773649948256237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-1063680894817493792010-08-01T15:55:42.537+12:002010-08-01T15:55:42.537+12:00Grant,for a concrete analysis of the CTU's doc...Grant,for a concrete analysis of the CTU's document, read:<br /><br />“The unpalatable truth” : a critique of the Council of Trade Unions Alternative Economic Strategy<br />July 16, 2010 by Philip Fergusson. Available for view on the Workers Party website.<br /><br />Happily, the choices for workers are not limited to sitting of the side lines or pushing a document which posits higher Don Franksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-42481679786696970062010-07-30T20:37:49.965+12:002010-07-30T20:37:49.965+12:00Yes, so far neglected (or certainly under-promoted...Yes, so far neglected (or certainly under-promoted) by the CTU themselves, as Don points out.<br /><br />And "an economy that works for everyone" certainly cannot exist under capitalism, in my view as well. But that's really the point. While some (including, perhaps, its originators) may use the Strategy to promote illusions in an oxymoronic "capitalism with a human face",Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816011271818325499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-37317777865441125482010-07-29T10:05:45.390+12:002010-07-29T10:05:45.390+12:00Mostly neglected by the CTU themselves. It does no...Mostly neglected by the CTU themselves. It does not feature on their website, nor has there been any attempt to push it among the rank and file. <br />But, Grant, this is not an occasion for sadness. <br />The CTU Economic Strategy is an abstract call for "an economy that works for everyone", as if such a thing could exist under the capitalist system that you rightly accuse of Don Franksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-44297906838628209492010-07-28T20:10:19.830+12:002010-07-28T20:10:19.830+12:00I attended the special meeting of Unions Wellingto...I attended the special meeting of Unions Wellington this week, where CTU president Helen Kelly fed back about the national campaign and where local unionists planned action in the capital.<br /><br />Based on this, I think I can allay some of the concerns expressed in this article. <br /><br />It seemed to me that union leaders already know "it's going to take more than one big rally&Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816011271818325499noreply@blogger.com