From the January 1946 issue of the Socialist Standard
In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Isaacs, Minister of Labour, stated that he could not accept the suggestion that the Essential Work Order had outlived its usefulness. "While there may be one or two isolated instances of difficulty, in the main it is still very valuable to industry, too valuable to abandon." (Evening Standard, November 27th, 1945.)
As industry is still owned by the capitalists, what this amounts to is that direction of the workers is being continued for the time being in order to benefit the capitalists.
What an admission from a "Labour" Government. But not surprising to Socialists, who have consistently pointed out the anti-working-class policies to which the Labour Party commits itself through accepting the responsibility of running capitalism.
R. M.
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