office and a large section of the administration building at Aston University was students' response to a Senate meeting which had voted to implement a 30 per cent increase in tuition fees. The decision would lay an intolerable burden on te you students wno pay ten own fees, particularly overseas students.
The students who occupied on 23 March immediately set about the task of mobilising for an Emergency General sell-out policies of President lan Minnis were rejected by a 500-strong meeting, which voted to support the occupation tion next term. The decision brought about the resignation of Minnis and three other members of the Executive.
The three day occupation gathered support all the time. Mass occupation meetings affirmed the need both to replace the Union's right-wing Executive me Nanonal Umon or students. sup port came not only from the students but also from the campus white collar unions, NALGO and ASTMS.
The message is loud and clear: the fight against the right in the NUS is best carried out through direct action against is a part. Let the Minnises of this world beware!
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