> >STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > >Date sent: 28 Apr 2000 06:18:52 -0000 >To: RCPB(ML) WDIE Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "RCPB(ML)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: WORKERS' DAILY INTERNET EDITION Year 2000 No. 78 April >28 > >================================================================== >The following message was received at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >and is being forwarded to you. >================================================================== > >WORKERS' DAILY INTERNET EDITION Year 2000 No.78, April 28 (Text) >Newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist- >Leninist) >170, Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 2LA. Phone 020 762 70599 >Web Site: http://www.rcpbml.org.uk >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Workers' Daily Internet Edition Year 2000 No.78 (HTML) can be viewed at: >http://www.rcpbml.org.uk/ww2000/d00-78.htm > >Article Index : > >1) Zimbabwe Delegation Visits London to Demand Britain Meets its >Obligations > >2) Another Rover Workers' Rally > >3) Appeal from Russia > > >Subscription Rates (Cheques made payable to Workers' Publication >Centre): >Workers' Weekly Printed Edition: 70p per issue, #2.70 for 4 issues, #17 >for 26 issues, #32 for 52 issues (including postage) >Workers' Daily Internet Edition sent by e-mail daily (Text e-mail ): 1 >issue free, 6 months #5, Yearly #10 > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >1) Zimbabwe Delegation Visits London to Demand Britain Meets its >Obligations > >A high level delegation has arrived in London from Zimbabwe to discuss >Britain���s obligation to finance comprehensive land reform in that >country. Seventy percent of Zimbabwe���s prime agricultural land is still >owned by some 4,500 big landowners, many of whom acquired land during >the colonial period. The delegation led by Zimbabwe���s Local Government >Minister John Nkomo also includes Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge and >Trade Minister Nathan Shamuyarira. The delegation is due to meet Foreign >Minister, Robin Cook, and other government ministers. > >Britain, the former colonial power in Zimbabwe, has an obligation to >fund land re-distribution under the terms of the Lancaster House >Agreement signed at the time of Zimbabwe���s independence in 1980. The >previous Conservative government made initial payments of ��44m, but >these were stopped in 1988 on the basis that the British government did >not agree with the way in which land was being redistributed. Britain >and other countries also made pledges to fund land re-distribution in >1998 but have never implemented these promises. Now the British >government is attempting not only to evade its responsibilities but is >also interfering in Zimbabwe���s internal affairs, demanding that it hold >"free and fair elections". It is threatening further intervention from >Britain and the other big powers if the result of the elections or the >path of development that Zimbabwe pursues is not to the British >government���s liking. At the same time in a cynical and hypocritical >manner the British government is posing as Zimbabwe���s "oldest friend", >claiming that Britain is "ready to help", but "can only help once the >violence has stopped and free democracy started." > >Even before meeting the Zimbabwean delegation Robin Cook promised >Zimbabwe ��36m over the next two years to finance the transfer of land >from the big landowners to landless Zimbabweans. He even claimed that >Britain had always been ready to help with land redistribution but added >that funding would only be made available "unless there is an end to the >occupations and start on the elections". For their part, the Zimbabwean >delegation said that they would accept no pre-conditions and that >Britain���s demands for elections could not be used to halt its obligation >as the former colonial ruler to fund land re-distribution. Other leaders >in southern Africa, including South Africa���s Thabo Mbeki have also >called on the British government to fulfil its commitments. > >The Labour Government is behaving in the manner of the 19th century >colonialists, issuing threats allegedly in order to "civilise" Zimbabwe >and make its government "respect the rule of law". The British >government���s interference in Zimbabwe���s internal affairs and >championing >of the "opposition" in that country is also reminiscent of the "divide >and rule" tactics employed by the imperialists of the past. It is out of >step with the requirements of the times and with the overwhelming >majority of public opinion. The British government must end its >interference in Zimbabwe���s affairs, end all threats and intimidation and >comply with the Zimbabwean government���s demands that it should meet its >obligations in full. The British working class and all democratic people >must also condemn the Labour government���s stand, and make a break with >the chauvinism and disinformation that is being promoted on this issue. > > >End Item > > > >2) Another Rover Workers' Rally > >On Tuesday, April 26, at 12.30pm, there was another Rover workers' rally >of around 5,000 people at Cofton Park Longbridge in Birmingham, >organised by a number of rank and file shop stewards. > >After a number of ordinary workers spoke from the platform the gathering >marched to the Longbridge site. The stewards have been active during the >Easter shutdown because they didn't want to see the issue come out of >the public eye fearing that BMW would take independent action with >Venture capitalists Alchemy. They have been organising vigils of the >plant because there have been rumours of actual plant being moved from >inside of Longbridge. Some workers have illusions about the Towers- >Phoenix bid and see it as a solution to their problems. One steward when >approached said that he was not political, just an ordinary steward, and >didn't want anything to do with politics. > >It is absolutely imperative that workers think about this question >because it is not the time to be apolitical. On the contrary, workers >have to become more political and take up issues to the full. The >working class needs to have its own worker politicians if it is to >constitute itself as the nation. When he was asked where the union >leadership were he replied, "Well you don't attack your leaders when in >battle do you?" Union leaders have got onto these very same stewards and >demanded of them, "What the hell are you playing at?" They are obviously >being very sensitive about their leadership role, and are upset by the >rally and the organising of a delegation to go to Germany with historian >and radio presenter Dr Carl Chinn. A delegation went to Munich on >Wednesday to meet BMW and ask for more time to consider the Phoenix >Consortium bid. > >West Midlands Correspondent > >End Item > > > > > >3) Appeal from Russia > >We have received an e-mail from Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian >Federation, Oleg Shein on the subject: "We must stop the barbarous >government Draft Labour Code". Oleg Shein is a member of the Co- >ordinating Committee of the All-Russian Campaign in Defence of the >Labour Code and Co-chairman of the Inter-regional Alliance of Workers��� >Trade Unions "Defence of Labour". In his appeal, dated April 25, 2000, >he writes: > >The All-Russian Campaign in Defence of the Labour Code against the >governmental Draft Labour Code, which abolishes basic labour rights of >workers, is escalating. Under President Putin's personal demand, this >Draft will be considered by the State Duma in the first reading in May. > >The situation is extremely tense. Only by through mobilisation of all >progressive forces in Russia and internationally can our workers beat >back this attack on their vital rights. > >The key problem now is to break the information blockade, organised by >the Russian Government around this issue, to expose this criminal >conspiracy against the people, and provide as much visibility to our >Campaign as possible. > >To this end we have established a special web site. Its purpose is to >serve as an information centre of the Campaign and to reflect its >development, to provide the activists of labour movement with the up-to- >date information about the course of the Campaign. Besides propaganda >and analytical materials, the site features the drafted labour codes by >the government and the neoliberal Yabloko Party, together with the trade >union Draft, introduced by the deputy of the former Duma T. Avaliani , >which I support. > >The address of the website is: http://www.geocities.com/rosskommuna/kzot >/eng.html > >Memorandum of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Central >Bank of the Russian Federation on Economic and Financial Stabilisation >Policies > >July 16, 1998 <...> Labour market reform > >35. Constraints on dissolving labour contracts have hampered the >efficient restructuring of enterprises and the allocation of labour in >the economy. By November 1, 1998, the government will submit a new draft >Labour Code that will bring the labour laws in compliance with the >requirements of a market economy. The Code will establish a realistic >minimum of social guarantees, enhance the role of individual labour >agreements, including a more simplified procedure for dissolving >individual labour agreements (such as excluding the need for consent of >trade unions and the requirement of finding alternative employment) and >expand the ability to enter into fixed term and multiple work contracts. >The Code will also contain provisions which ensure that social >partnership be targeted toward forming and implementing collective >agreements at the level of individual enterprises. It will also >encourage the establishment of efficient institutions which will ensure >the implementation of individual and collective agreements, settlement >of collective disputes, and compliance with the requirements of labour >legislation. > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >July 17, 1998 > >RUSSIAN FEDERATION LETTER OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR THE THIRD STRUCTURAL >ADJUSTMENT LOAN > >Fostering Labour Mobility > >3.15 The Government will submit to the Duma by November 1, 1998, a new >Labour Code that would bring the labour laws in compliance with the >requirements of a market economy. The Code will establish a realistic >and feasible minimum of social guarantees, enhance the role of >individual labour agreements, including a more simplified procedure for >dissolving individual labour agreements (such as excluding the need for >consent of trade unions and finding alternative employment), and expand >the ability to enter into fixed term and multiple-work contracts. The >Code will also contain provisions ensuring that social partnership be >targeted at forming and implementing collective agreements at the level >of individual enterprises, as well as ensure the establishment of >efficient institutions ensuring implementation of individual and >collective agreements, settlement of collective disputes and compliance >with the requirements of the labour legislation. > > >End Item > > >-- >To contact RCPB(ML) by e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >RCPB(ML) Home Page: http://www.rcpbml.org.uk > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Advertisement: >Workstation with Monitor under $800! >So, you just heard that you need to add how many new workstations by >the end of next week? Check out the bundle below. 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