oppression. Meanwhile the work of Workers” Committees
established under the Security of Employment Act 1964 will be as
provided by law which is basically to ensure that the system of
workers discipline is operated in accordance with justice. On the
other hand the new institutions under the Directive concerned per-
form different functions from these. The Workers' Council is in-

tended to advise the Board of Directors on economic issues regar-

ding the particular undertaking concerned. Whereas it could ad-

vise on the portion of profits earned being allocated to an increase |

in the wage bill, the Workers’ Couficil would leave it to the

management and NUTA to negotiate the exact allocation of the |
money concerned between the various grades of workers or the)

system of such allocation.

I would like also to mention our Industrial TANU branches.
There have been instances of tension between Workers’ Com-
mittees and leaders of certain Industrial TANU branches. In my
view such a development is most unfortunate and is not at all
necessary. An industrial TANU branch is there to make available
'to the workers, some of whom are members of TANU, to the en-
terprise leaders including members of workers’ committee and
members of the management, enlightened advice and views on the
political angle of the policies to govern the enterprises concerned
and on the behaviour of managements and workers in general.
Leaders of industrial TANU branches judge the policies being
adopted by the enterprise according to whether they further our
national policy of self-reliance. On the other hand whereas the
workers committees rely mainly on legal provisions in judging the
conduct and attitudes of managements towards workers and vice
versa TANU leaders should get stirred only when such conduct or
attitudes offend against our nation ethics of human dignity and
human equality. Industrial TANU branches have also respon-
sibility to communicate to higher bodies of the party views and
feelings of industrial workers on national or local political issues.

Having stressed the need for efforts to avoid duplication of
functions by various bodies at the enterprise level it is equally im-
perative to stress that overlapping of duties cannot be prevented
all the time. It can only be minimised. The important thing for all
concerned is to avoid the attitude of rivalry and adopt one of co-
operation. A question posed by a TANU chairman to the chair-
man of the workers’ committee should be regarded not as

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