SEND US A CHEQUE TODAY HELP BUILD THE LEFT IN THE UNIONS. IMO student orguiser RHODES BOYSON has been given responsibility for further higher education Thatcher's goveroment, This appointment should clear up any lingering doubts about what students can expect from the Tories.
Anyone who still needs convincing of Rhodes Boyson's right-wing credentials onlv talk to students from Highbury Citove school North London where he was headmaster of a particularly SHONTECHO The appointment of this reactionary, a founding member of the National Association for Frocdon, makes it clear that the Tories mean to include students and education their gainst the working class. When Tharcher attacks teachcialint Challenge 17 Mar 1979 page 4 ers, that 'honourable sion', we can hardly students to be exempted.
Unfortunately, the door 1o such an attack on student unions was opened under the Labour government Since 1974, the Broad Let leadership of the NUS has led the stadent movernent in the firection of organisational and poitical concessions to central government. Their position on student union TENCENS autonomy, for example, opens in the way to rigid government control of sion development and by pseudo-public ind national negotiations on funding levels In this situation, the major question for students is how to defend their union despite the defeats since 1976 the demobilisation students under the Broad Left leadership, students retain their profes organisation and know that it expect provides them wich their only means to defend their interests. The main, line of divide is between those who support the present direction of the NUS and those who berween these who we'll share the capitalist crisia, we'll help you camouflage and administer cuts in public those who seek to defend the Easier an open lefter, signed by Al the NUS conference al members of the Broad Left and way of the Union of Liberal Students, accountabily new alliance, embracing all new alliance. those on the lett active in the student movement who arguing n fundamental and change in society We agree but we such an alliance most be Comly based on mass action, rejecting appose STEE Ssy 1Ves. education system. responsibuity for participating spending' in the Tory government.
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say thal Conference on allance, any altempt to make workers By P.M. Grant and students pay for the present cruis, on the need to unite with the labour movement and otber sections of society in the Tighr against the Tories and for democratic It is on this basis that we will per cent grades Conference that has been called leen intried to discuss a new alliance and we lesdership hope it will see the birth of a socialist alliance thar will unite students against the attacks of Rhodes Boyson and his cohorts cision.
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the MASA SAC WAI 26-27 May. Polytechnic of Central London. anything ASLEF buries claim ASIEF, Paddington branch only year the rail anion ASEEF attracted the wrath of the dropping of the original Fleet Street by staging a couple claim on the grounds that a rail of one-day strikes in pursuit of dispute would a responsibility allowance of 10 ours for all footplate Now that demend has was by the union lestead both ASLEF and the election National Union of Railwaymen Now Inci have aecepted the railway worst of all worlds staff national tribumal's accepting these findings the national execative chop up of ASLEF has hard fought policy of "no classification' of EDH"
The responsibility will only he paid to drivers of by Nor are the new wage rates (shout aboul, ever. Drivers" assistants will be paid E50, shunting drivers, 171.70, and drivers £74.20.
The undon leaders justitied damage Lab. election chunces, The prospect of a Tory government SHed to argise that ruilworkers would be worse off if they didn't settle before un railworkers hare the - lousy of puy. und a Tory government which could well the rallways even The only good to come out ol whole busines the increasing disillesionment with payment the union leaders now being fell the membership. The necessity of a rank and file fightback is more abvious thun