to win the claim? Air traffic controllers' industrial action is causing disruption, but is it enough SHOCK and anger are the black colnmunily s responise in Coventry to the murder of Satnam Singh Gill and the increasing number of ON black people and their property.
After the murder three weeks ago the police warned black people against walking central shopping precinct in the day time, because 'white people get intimidated when they see more than two or three blacks at time and cannot theretore go about their normal shopping Many black people -mainly Asians showed what they thought of this advice last Saturday when thev went to the precinct in response to a call by the Coventry Campaign Against Racism.
Groups of racist youth gathered but were chased of the precinct. The attempted to DONCi clear all black people out the city CCHLIC. That failed but aILCSLs took place.
SIU Thursday to prevent the National Front meeting at a local school. The Front never showed up but six people were arrested later in the evening after a window was smashed in a pub which refuses to serve black people.
The black community is challenging any idea of noareas. Police blame Deon e for day's incidents.
"Look you have done - this is a very sad dav tor Coventry - gọ and stay were the words of a police officer addressing crowds of angry Asians protesting at the arrests and police behaviour.
The response to that By Hazel McPherson Paddington No1 NUR branch BRITISH Rail carriage cleaners at Old Oak Common in North-west London have been locked out by management since the beginning of April. They are meant to be cleaning twice as many coaches for the same money.
Carriage cleaners earn a basic wage of around £58 a week the lowest on the railways.
tempt at increased productivity breaks a 1974 national agreement.
travention by making a separate agreement at sectional council level to work these 'regional timings'.
on the picket line said: 'We're doing the job we pay our full-time officials to do. We're only defending a national agreement.' Although the workers at Old Oak Common have received no support from the union leadership, all the rail workers at Paddington station came out on strike for 24 hours in solidarity two weeks ago. The cleaners' strike is unotticial.
Messages and donations to: Ms M Keating, 18 Bromley Lodge, Lynton Rd London V A successful picket was held in Southall last was: 'Here to stay, here to fight'.
Unfortunately, the black community will longer organise people to down Saturdays, which to tacitly acccu tha the precinct is not a safe place for blacks The Tories' policies have done much to boost racist attacks. Thatcher put explicitly the one of This atThe NUR has been party to this conAs one cleaner PETE GRANT (Socialist Challenge)
weekend when she said: 'We have 2.5m unemployed here and rising. I do not think it Is lne time increase the number of people coming in.
can no longer afford to ignore racist attacks and the increasing influence of racist ideas among young people. Black people Coventry will no longer accept intimidation, discrimination, or attacks, demonstration ha been called for 23 May to protest al the increasing number of racist attacks The Asian curtiiuily the fightback and there needs to be å large labour movement Full the National Singh Gill Was a student at furHenderson the socialsi Students lege, The need or phasised to tacks within the colleges As Bob, the of Coventry .racists our colleges.
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