4000 police were mobilised to protect the pathetic 400 strong National Front demonstration in Lewisham on 20 April.
The 1980 conference takes •the NUS one step nearer the sort of union that the Left Alliance would like to see. retred back Conference referred the strategy document of the Alliance, Shape Things Come, it passea a resolution containing almost identical proposals.
The Left Allance want to • concentrate union activity on calls 'unique functions reducing student campaign work on issues like women's unemployment, racism and international solidarity.
But • the conference election results showed that the Left any Alliance to carry through the depoliticisation of the NUS in practice will lead to a realignmen oro ces Besides the increase representation of the far left, indenendent NOLS (National Organisation of Labour The strike at the Chix chewing gum factory in Slough is now in its seventh month. The strikers are mainly Asian women, and of the 96 members of the worktorce who have joined the GMWU 91 are Asians.
Despite daily picketing, the strikers have byeen able to cut production by only 70 per cent because the company are - using scabs.
The strike is for the most basic right of all: the right to ne one to a trade on Agree For the first time since its ? inception, the SSA was able to policy At a recent rally, steward Raseen WOrKCO conditions, we were harassed and ill-treated pregnant SISICI ours. despite recommendation Ther doctor that she be given light Work. lost uct baby lourl a Armagh must maintained Tone ine leadership of the union and to ICa. prisoners Armagh 1811 Altho ded the SSA's unity appeal, hopefully manY menisers realise the benefits of the sort of collaboration we saw last week. within eight minutes.
we never gol any help from our brothers in Slough, and there is pressure from our brothers to give up the fight and take other factory jobs. But we want to win and go back to work in the sallic factory?
Support for the strike is growing. Workers the Sugar LOITOI Refinery, whom Chix