Friday, May 01, 2020

Happy Mayday

Socialist Party CWI rally online this evening. Hosted by Scottish Socialist Party.

Jim McFarlane - there is no social partnership between the bosses and the working class.
The only difference between the Scottish government and the Westminster government is one of presentation. It would be a mistake to dismiss trade unions at a time when thousands of workers are looking to the unions for a lead.
The ruling class - “They don’t care how we live but now we know they don’t care how we die."

Donal O'Cofaigh  Unionists promote "herd immunity" whereas the Nationalist Parties have supported the attitude of the government in Eire which is more pro-active. There has been a great delay in the rollout of guidance and of PPE. Many have died in care homes and they were not even tested to find out if they have died from C-virus.

There have been strikes among health service employees because their wages and conditions lagged behind the rest of the UK.

Claire Bayler. The for-profit health system in the US has worsened the health crisis. There have been small handouts to working people and billions for the billionaires. We need to draw together the trade unions, socialists and the community to create a workers' party. Biden is no alternative to Trump.




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