ment through their commitment to fight in the liaison committees for on day. These committees, in alliance with those already existing, can elaborate local actions and demands against the The decision of the Labour Party Conference to support local councils refusing to implement the cuts can action. Councils who protest lack of money should be met with the demand to cancel loan repayments to the finance houses and lend their support to the campalon or the nanonausaron or ane Show the full amount of indebted- opening their books to ness to which they are committed by The brave and determined fight by the student teachers last year should smash the arguments of the Broad Left sceptics who pour cold water on a strategy for students based on an alliance with those fighting the cuts combined with direct action in the colleges. Instead of chasing sunbeams among the Labour right wing, should break with their bankrupt strategy of bureaucratic alliances and get down to organising such a fighting alterPaul Brooke (IMG Student OrganTEESSIDE Polytechnic Students Union last won passco overaneiming amendment to a Trico support motion Weekly supporter, while backing the idea of a national demonstration in support of the equal pay strike.
Students Union, meanwhile, has voted £250 to the strike Last week the Under Secretary of State for Employment condemned criticism of equal pay tribunals as 'misguided'. "by giving the impression that the Act was a failure could deter claimants and undermine the tribunal's process'.
Mr. Grant's criticism will come as news to the women who have seen 72 per cent of all equal pay claims fall foul of the tribunals * Like the women at Kraft in Liverpool, who were told they couldn't have equal pay because they could not be asked to walk over an elevated catwalk as production would be impeded by men looking up their skirts.
*Like Susan Waddington. who found that 'the same or broadly similar work' meant just that; so although she did a more responsible job than the man she appointed she wasn't entitled to equal pay.
*Like Yvonne Wilson and her colleagues, who did heavier work than their male co-workers — and still didn't win equal pay.
"Such criticism', he said But then they Labour's sex discrimination Abortion rights are also under attack, in puone spending are 'One Year on from the Sex been made, where legislation irrespective of present attitudes to the Charter MEETING: Saturday, 16 October, 2pm, Architectura ,49