layer within the black workers" movement in order to aclueve the growth of responsible trade unionism among African workers' The report makes frequent references to the lack of experience and education song black trade unionists, and talks of 'a very large black labour force with very little effective voice, which is nonsense when examined in the context of the recent strikes.
Added to this are favourable remarks about the Industrial Council System, which provides a class collaborationist form of collective barpainting. The councils are composed of registered trade unions and employers, who must then ratity agreements with the Ministry of Labour, One of the report's key proposals -that British investment in South Africa shouid be opposed unless the turns show in a practical way that they are encouraging and recog nising genuinely independent trade unions for black African worken'must therefore be taken in the context of what the TUC leadership understands as independence.
In Britain at the present time, this means binding the unions with a "social contract" to restrain wage demands. In South Africa, it means supporting the struggles of the black workers while ensuring that they in no way threaten the rawist State structure which exploits and opresses PUL Over 15,000 teachers marched on Monday to demand the payment of the London Allowance which las been frozen since 1972 and is now beld up by Michael Foot, the Secret. ary for Employment.
The demonstration was supported by teachers in further education, who ate members of ATIl, as well as hundreds of NALGO workers, who are on strike for a 1400 London Allowance, school students, and even non-unionised teachers.
Tbe size and militancy of the march indicates the exient of the crisis in Lon students are scot home every day.
STRIKE VOTE
Teachers in the NOT will he voting this week and next on the form of action, they wish to cake to pursue their claim Undoubtedly there will be a strong vote for strike action, including extended The problem of London schools hos ever is not simply one of poor pay. The staff shortage and the cuts imposed by the Tory Government have a direct ellect It is this day-to-day problem which produoed the massive action on Monday it contrasts sharply with the NUT Execur ive's sell-out when it strled the touchen pay claim within Phase 3 at the beginning of February Teachers, however, are not the only people facing the effects of the curs. Ancillary workers, part-time staff, furthe education teachers, technital staff, school and further education students ate all Other sections too will be hit, including billing workers made redundant by the cut back in the building programme What is needed is a co-ordinated fight by wide sections of the labour movement in conjunction with those workers in all the social services who ane hit by these cats This is the way in which the workig class will be able to impose the demand on the Lahour Government to reject the