панелее Racism and Black Liberation on 3 December in London Contact your local group for details or ring Colin on 01-359 8371.
A ONE-DAY conference on 9 December has been called by the National Campaign the Supplementary Benefits Review. The review, published by the DHSS in July. proposes a system of rough justice' which includes things like no benefit for school for THESE months of unemployment.
Birmingham University (El fee except for claimants) -details from: Jason Copeland (NCASBR), c/o Harlesden Advice Centre, 25 High Street. London NW10 (tel. 01-965 2590).
THE Garners Strike Committee, together with the Greater London Association of Trades and TGWU Region, "stake-out of all Garners London Lurn up to the haymarker restaurant between 12 and 3pm and from 5.30pm onwards for allocation to a restaurant by the strike committee. or ring them beforehand [240 1056].
THE Socialist Unity steering committee meets this Saturday, 2 December, at 1lam at 328 Upper St., London N1.
ESSEX University Students Union is organising a one-da) mass picket of the university on Monday 4 December after eight weeks of rent strike against a 19.8 per cent rent increase (grants only went up by 8.9 per and for adequate accommodation. Students from elsewhere are being asked to join the picket.
ISLINGTON Campaign Against Kacısm and Fascism have called a demonstration this Saturdav. 2 December. In to racism.
In 1924 the Trades Union Congress passed a resolution STOLEN continued ninese Cane cheap Aslam labour on British steamers, and approach the Government with a view toa bill being brougnt in to make such make arrangements for the repatriation of unemployed Asiatics.
RESEMBLANCE As a resolution. this onc COLLIESS lett-wing reputation bears a CIOSC current politics of the Nationa Front.
But just how far has the TUC itself gone in repudiating such light of the past attitude of the trade union leaderships sentiments?
The report of the General against une Council to this year's TUC, for of instance, pointed out that due to luc pressure ine government has further reduced the quota of work permits in the hotel and catering industry for Tereian workers The quota, 8,500 in 1975, was only 2,061 this year.
Among the members of the notel and catering committee of the TUC are such supposed lefties as Bernard Dix of the National Union of Public Employees and Harry Urwin of the Transport Workers.
They and others the principled' reasons for seeking La reduction in the work permit quota in hotels and catering cling the super-exploitation of workers in these industries.
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which stood at CONDITIONS industry the insecurity of do work in the industry.
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worst example pay and abysmal working conditions do apply in such organisations as description.
Forte But cutting down the employment opportunities of foreign workers in the industry is hardly a TOR Dais The problem of conditions in When catering and hotels is two-fold:
the work perm system, and tne icar or victimisation among those who capital and against work for and support to unionisation entry into Britain. would be the positive solutior The policy on work permits displayed by the TUC is just the of a general BILL KEYS, of the TUC equal rights committee, declared at this year's congress that action is needed now by the police, the a Commission for Racial Equality, thanked the print union NATSOPA for withdrawing a motion to support the ANL.
attitude. Pious statements and little action is an accurate When the fascists march to violence, leaders of the TUC do not call counter-mobilisations by upon the unions, they call for state police.
are being USed against the left as well as the Thatcher whips up racist sentiments around immigration, they deplore her use of the issue to make political do nothing to mobilise pickets of the jails where the prisoners of race are kept under suspicion of illegal Instead of challenging institutionalised racism by affir mative action for more black that teachers, more black journalists, more jobs for blacks, they and the government, and say that the Race Relations Act must be strengthened to halt racist outbursts - as it the reality of racism can be ended by a battle of ideas alone.
In short, they urge reliance CUYCIHHICHL and the courts rather than reliance on mass action by STARTING As a campaign which has consistently stood for action against the Nazis, massive support in the • labou BOYCHICHE the ANL can provide the starting point for a united movement to demand the union leaders, and fight for undertaken by the rank-and-file now.