Page:Resolutions and Decisions of the Third Congress of the Red International of Labor Unions (1924).pdf/48

 and develop the class struggle not only within the confines of the British Isles, but in the colonies also.

To this end we must form our own minority groups in all the reformist unions. These groups must be organized in the enterprises and linked up both along industrial lines and on district and national scales. The work of our adherents and our organizations must be directed to the drawing of the broad working masses into the class struggle. By putting the issues clearly, the as yet shapeless left wing should be made to take definite form, and the progressive leaders of the British unions, who turned leftwards under the pressure of the masses, should be stimulated on.

Not one mass action of the British proletariat must take place without our participation. Every such offensive must be seriously considered, correspondingly prepared, and carried on in close contact with our political struggle.

We must have our own program of action for every section of industry and for the whole left wing. In these programs we must clearly formulate not only the economic, but also the political demands. Around our program we must unite the broad working masses, being guided by the following principles: Unity of the labor movement at any cost, except by compromising our demands and our class program of action.

In our program of action we must put forward and strive to realize the following demands:

1. Establishment of a minimum wage for all categories of workers in Great Britain, assuring a human existence.

2. Establishment of a shorter working day for all the workers.

3. Provision of adequate housing accommodation for all the workers.

4. Securing the demands of the unemployed charter.

5. Nationalization of mines, railways, and banks.

6. The renunciation of reparations and all imperial and colonial policies by the British government.

Under the contemporary development of the capitalist society there will always be a large number of workers of all trades in the ranks of the unemployed. To assure that these unemployed shall not play the role of strikebreakers in the general workers' struggle, they must be organized and connected with the shop committees and unions and must be utilized to further the success of the labor struggle in Great Britain.

We also demand the recognition of the unemployed organization and its admission as an integral part of the organized British labor movement.

All our forces must be applied to the formation of strong industrial unions, based on active shop committees. These industrial unions must