Revolt of the Insurance Workers On Wednesday the Times published
some correspond- ence which explains why the nationalization of life insurance did not appear in the Labour Party's election programme, although in Labour and the Nation this particular act of nationalization was described as an essential part of the foundations of a new social order. The National Federation of Insurance Workers, we learn, laid strong objections before the Executive of the Labour Party. They complained that they had never been consulted. Self-interest asserted itself and won. It was therefore decided that there must be a preliminary inquiry into the whole subject, and that no scheme should be regarded as acceptable which did not provide for wages as favourable as those now paid. A joint committee was still considering the subject when the Labour election programme was written— hence the omission.
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