picketing Transport House from 5-6.30pm along with building workets and students on the slogans: "No evictions by Labour!
Housing for all! For a crash programme had cavod in.
Speakers from The staff at St. Giles foreign language school in London's Oxford Circus downed peas last week in support of victimised teacher Michael Cunningham Within a couple of days management Cunningham had been involved since May in unionising staff at simitar colleges throughout the country. In the last five months, over 400 Loachers have pined the International Language Teachers" hranch of MATS, the white collar seo tion of the General and Municipal Workers Union, in response lo awful pay and it wis.
But as in most places with no tradition of trade unionism, the employers have taken a finit sland against the unionisation. They are terrified that a well organised Labour force would eat into their massive profits. The fifty officially recognised schools alone bring in an estimated E20 million of foreign currency.
A number of teacbers have been vic Be bor there latest attack was or the Chairman of the branch, Michael Cunningham, by the 'subtle manoeuvre of telling him that there would be no work for him after his department closes down in three months tine.
Only a few weeks ago management had told Cunningham that his employ ment would not be affected, The union said immediately that it would make any strike action official The next day The victory of the St. Giles teachers will give a real boost to the unionisation progcanoe. And their increased strength can be used to good effect in sorting out a united claim.
The only answer is a fight against racism in the TGWU as a whole. self organisation of black workers in