The officers of Wandsworth NUT have wasted no time in passing a resolution that incorporates the demands raised by the petition. In addition, they have called on ILTA to organise a meeting on unemployment. Best of all, to make the demand for full trade union rights for the unemployed a reality, the branch is to hold its next meeting at Southlands College of Westminster NUT have taken simüar action.
If such examples were followed by all local NUTs, the broad membership of the union could rapidly outflank the Executive and make the issue of full trade union rights for the unemployed teachers a living part of the struggle. students from the nearby Didsbury College of Education who had come to criticise Boyson.
The Tameside Tories, under the guidance of Tory shadow minister Norman St. John Stevas, are employing delaying tactics as a precau tion. They hope that even if the Bill does become law, a Tory government will be returned at the next General Election which will then throw it out.
The Tories have put off talks with education minister Fred Mulley until 9 June. Whilst delaying negotiations of the institution to English students and staff (minute from meeting of Directorate or norm bast London rory. 28 January 1976).
Poly students voted overwhelmingly on 2 June to continue an occupation of the college begun a week earlier.
Director George Brosan, have openly adundersubscribed. But at the same time, natory fees, discriminatory quotas, and take into 'white' and non-white', which applying to the college. It was also considered that an increasing proportion of overseas students would have serious implications for the attractiveness A meeting of 400 North East London The directorate of the college, led by mitted that the courses at the college are Brosan has instituted a policy of discrimiapartheid classification of the student inaims to discourage overseas students from Students at the college, with the full support of the lecturers NATHE Barking branch, have replied through their occupation. They have called on all staff to refuse to identify overseas applications and to refuse to charge the extra fees meted out Every attempt has been made by all the occupying students at NELP to link the issue of fighting racism to the conditions of unemployment and the cuts - which are providing a breeding-ground for the sort of attacks that immigrants have recently experienced. The brutal murder of the two Asian students from Queen Mary College and the new murder of the young Asian in Southall indicate a severe raising of the stakes by the racists, to the extent of physical liquidation.
The NELP occupation can only help to build an awareness amongst immigrant communities of the need for self-defence in this situation. All labour organisations should take note or is Darcuat oCCu pation and extend every last resource at their disposal to defeat the racists both inside the colleges and outside.