Revolution at work

he capitalists claim their system means global freedom for all. But in every country, any pretence of freedom vanishes at the factory gate.
Today as recession bites, the employers are trying to make the workers pay for the crisis. Capitalists everywhere are forcing through low pay, job cuts, longer hours, fewer breaks, speed-ups and restrictions on union rights. In the era of globalisation, capitalists threaten to shift production abroad if workers do not agree to everything they demand.

REVOLUTION supports every measure that improves the position of the workers. We try to link up all workers? resistance into a movement against the capitalist system of wage slavery and exploitation:

It makes no sense that some people work 14 hours a day while others cannot find any job at all. The workers should decide what needs to be produced and then divide up the working hours equally amongst themselves. REVOLUTION supports all attempts to reduce the working week with no loss of pay, to 35 hours, 30 hours, 20 hours etc.

Equal pay for equal work regardless of age, gender, nationality or race.

Minimum wage to be fixed by the workers of each country.

Unemployment benefits at the level of your former wage or the minimum wage, whichever is higher.

Wages to rise by 1% for every 1% rise in the real cost of living- we shouldn?t pay for the bosses? price hikes.
To end the scandal of unemployment REVOLUTION fights for:

Massive state spending to create millions of jobs building homes, hospitals, schools, sanitation and transport systems - to be paid for by taxing the rich.

Sharing out of all the available work between those available to do it with no loss of pay.

To fight the dictatorship of rich businesses over all economic life and abolish the chaos of the 'free market', REVOLUTION demands:

Open the books and accounts of all companies to inspection by the workforce.

Nationalise all big businesses and multinationals without compensation. For the expropriation of religious institutions like the church where it is in control of wealth as a means of exploitation.

Nationalise all firms that go bankrupt, won't pay the minimum wage or announce sackings.

Nationalise the banks, insurance companies and finance houses.

All nationalised industries and institutions to be under the democratic control of the workers themselves.

No compensation to be paid to capitalist owners.