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e D Cher the ge tain, lies and dated e er a nat upon Cases en- ENSIVE x- vel ning by being ny d um- in eir ur 7-- This en- to tate cally, ized sion. re- of me The abolition of shift-work and night-work save where technically indispensable: No productivity deals and speed-ups. Regarding the unions our guiding principle is to oppose the trent towards corporatism to fight for structural changes aimed at helping to bring forward the initiative of ordinary workers (in conjunction with working on the political and ideological fronts to assist them to advance) and at weakening the hold of the present bureaucratic leadership. In line with this, we call for: Democracy in the unions, this involving the holding of annual conferences, all offic- ials being made subject to election and recall, and fairly frequent union branch meetings during working hours. Complete freedom to join a union, we are for the organization of all workers into trade unions, but oppose attempts by trade union bureaucrats to use the closed shop as a means to discipline militants. These demands are essential to our strategy of building fighting, class struggle unions. Concerning the capitalist state, the fight for reforms today must centre on resisting the tendency towards use of fascist methods to suppress working people's struggles. We stand: For the abolition of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and of the Conspiracy Laws; Against the use of computer files by the police, against phone tapping and other forms of intelligence gathering, while recognizing the necessity of countering super-power espionage; Against the Official Secrets Act, which is mainly used against the working people of this country; Against the re-introduction of capital punishment; For working people to have the same right to anonymity in the courts as the bour- geoisie generally does; Against the granting of facilities in the media and in public buildings to racist and fascist organizations. On social provisions, our demands centre around the struggle for a decent living stan- dard for all working people. In line with this, we call for: Retirement at 55; Optional paid leave for either parent after the birth of a child; In order to prevent the bourgeoisie from cynically manipulating pensions in order to win votes, we call for: A pension of 75% of the average salary currently paid to others currently working in the former occupation of the people concerned; We call for a simple and not humiliating system of social security which provides adequately for people's needs, and specifically for: Abolition of means testing; Unemployment benefit related to average wage level; Concerning the health service, we call for: Abolition of medical and dental charges; Free abortion on demand; Free, readily available contraception, with proper sex education to be an integral part of lower secondary school curricula. Concerning housing and the environment, we demand: A programme of council house building, employing direct labour, with close controls on quality of materials; Immediate and regular carrying out of maintenance and repair work on council housing; Provision of interest-free mortgages by local government; Abolition of the Criminal Trespass Laws and recognition of the right of working people to squat in empty properties when they cannot find or afford decent accommodation. Reduction of fares on public transport; Firm action against pollution and against contamination by dangerous substances;