After the election build the resistance

This union meeting believes that:

1. Millions of people in Britain will be horrified by the general election
result. After five years of austerity the Tories will see their victory as a
mandate for a huge swathe of further cuts to public services and the
welfare state.
2. The reason that Labour lost is notas the likes of Tony Blair and the
right wing press will say because Milliband was too left-wing. It is
the opposite. Labour leaders failed to provide an alternative to
austerity. They failed to give hope to millions of people that Labour in
power would halt the cuts.
3. Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP did give a voice to the anti-austerity
mood in Scotland and it paid off with a stunning 56 seats in Parliament.
Labour faced a meltdown.
4. Labour MPs like Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell who have stood
up to austerity increased their majority, as did Green MP Caroline
Lucas.
5. In the build up to this election some in the unions adopted a wait for
Labour strategy. We cant afford to wait another five years. Every
union must use their annual conferences to fight to re-focus union
members on the huge task at hand. Austerity and the Tories can be
beaten by mass resistance to their policies. If we dont fight we will
definitely lose.
6. The trade union movement has to learn the lessons of this election but
above all it has to urgently lead and reinvigorate the movement against
austerity through protests and support for every group of workers
striking back. And to really challenge austerity, national coordinated
strike action has to urgently be put back on the agenda.
7. We should work with anti-austerity organisations such as the Peoples
Assembly, Unite the Resistance, and Defend Council Housing to build
the broadest possible movement against austerity.
8. There are a number of initiatives that we should support and mobilise
for in the weeks ahead.
This union resolves to support the following intiatives:

On Saturday 30 May the PCS has called a national demonstration in

support of the National Gallery strike.

On Saturday 13 June, the Tenants and Housing Summit has been

called by Defend Council Housing. It is already supported by Housing
Justice, the churches housing campaign, Generation Rent, Welsh
Tenants, DPAC, trade unions, estates fighting demolition and the
Radical Housing Network.

Saturday 20 June the Peoples Assembly has called for a mass demo
against austerity in London:
http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/budget_2015_austerity_policies
_a_disaster_for_majority

We believe that nationally co-ordinated industrial action will be needed

to stop the attacks we face. We call on the TUC to co-ordinate a
general strike against austerity.