Part
6 - Immigration and Wages
As we have always argued, the best
way to defeat the racist rhetoric of the Tories, UKIP and others is
with socialist policies. Blame the bosses, not the migrants! Corbyn
echoed this by saying:
“We will never follow the
Tories into the gutter of blaming migrants for the ills of society.
It isn’t migrants who drive down wages and conditions but the worst
bosses in collusion with a Conservative government that never misses
a chance to attack trade unions and weaken people’s rights at
work.”
“Labour will take action to
stop employers driving down pay and conditions not pander to
scapegoating or racism.”
This is correct, but a little
vague. Labour must begin by, at a bare minimum, repealing all the
anti-trade union legislation and strongly backing trade unions to
organise and fight for all workers, especially the most vulnerable,
including immigrant workers. The unity of the working class is the
only guarantee of better wages and conditions.
We would also add that it is not a
question of singling out the ‘worst bosses’, but that it is the
anarchy of capitalism, which pits people against each other in a
struggle for scarce resources, that lays the basis for racism.
We can only overcome this by
ending this anarchy through public ownership and a plan of
production. Otherwise, low wages, unemployment and economic crises
will persist and will continue to foster racism.
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