Trade unionists are adamant We will not allow the Tories to trample on our rights

WORKERS all over the country have shown they are prepared to come out and fight the Tories and the capitalist Press has been forced to eat its own words.

There were no stories about the 'great revolt' in the Press yesterday morning after Wednesday's series of massive strikes against the €55,000 fines imposed on the engineers which shut down major factories and docks in the northwest, the Midlands and London.

But the occasion provided an opportunity to examine past policy on the campaign against the Industrial Relations Act and the National Industrial Relations Court.

At Liverpool one question overshadowed the 1,500-strong demonstration—were protest politics enough?

Workers, including many members of the Transport and General Workers' Union, made two important points. They criticized the engineers' leadership for not calling national strike action and condemned heads of other unions for failing to support the campaign. Graduates' job prospects are at EMLOYMENT prospects for graduates are worse now than at any time since the 1930s, claims the Hull University annual report.

Iwo years ago, less than 3 per cent of Hull graduates were likely to be still seeking jobs six Cut-backs planned in student accommodation MAJOR CUTBACKS in student accommodation at universities and polytechnics are proposed in a report from the House of Commons Expenditure Committee.

The Committee — made up of six Tory MPs and three Labour MPs under the chairmanship of Tory Mr Niel Marten - recommends that over the coming period homediscussions with company chief Vladimir Raitz, the members had been reinstated.

Both ASTMS and Horizon had agreed to collaborate with tonommission on Industrial Rela- Conson doused cera. court last week-into the recognition issue.

Jenkins said afterwards that he expected no recriminations from the TUC about his decision STEPHEN JOHNS months after leaving, but now more than double this figure is normal.

The number of employers who have visited ALBERT CRAWLEY, T&GWU shop steward at Dunlop, Speke, said. about 2,500 workers from the AUEW and the T&GWU had supported the action.

"The men have responded to this call. We should have been told to come out by our leaders alongside the AUEW, he said. AT VAUXHALL's 10,000 workwere on strike. JOE HENNESSEY, shop steward, said: 'This campaign must be just the beginning. I think our executive should have got off the fence and given us a directive for a complete stoppage and I think the T&GWU leadership should have got off the fence too.' TOM STAPLES, AUEW shop steward at Clohurst (formerly Fisher-Bendix) said: 'The call was to defend our union. This is exactly what we are doing and will go on doing. In my opinion this campaign has been a success, because it has proved to the Tories that the working class will not allow their rights to be trampled on.

a new low the university to recruit students has dropped drastically and only half the number of interviews between prospective employers based students at universities and polytechnics should be increased. To encourage this they say that 'no further purpose-built accommodation for students should be made'.

Another sweeping change proposed in the report is that the current £106m a year for mandatory grants to degree-level students should be transferred from local education authorities to central government.

Local authorities, should retain powers to award discretionary grants to students, to lodge the application, collaborate with the CIR.

Both these actions fell within the category of self-defence, he claimed, since the CIR inquiry had been initiated by Employment Minister Maurice Macmillan. Such self-defence was sanctioned by the TUC.

The TUC had been told informally before the application was lodged, Jenkins said.

Lave Martin MIKE REYNOLDS, shop steward at Lucas aerospace, where 2,000 failed to show up for work, including the staff, said: 'We are 100 per cent behind the policy of the union. We identify ourselves completely with the national committee decision of total non-co-operation with the GEORGE STRATTON, divisional organizer of TASS, the technical section of the AUEW, said: One way to hit this government and the court is to make sure that whatever fines are undergraduates arranged compared a year ago.

The Hull report comes at a time when Department of Employment figures forecast a worsening situation i for graduates. but the Department of Education should lay down detailed guidelines for their application.

The report suggests the establishment of a National Careers Advisory Service to help students, schools and universities.

It wants to see a major shakeup in the whole structure of higher education through the creation of a Higher Education Commission. This would bring under the same administrative and financial umbrella the present separate autonomous university sector and the localauthority • financed polytechnic sector of higher education.

Mentioning the recent sharp rise in graduate unemployment over the past few years, the report suggests the setting up of a new Manpower Council, made up of local Department of Employment representatives, employers' organizations, trade unionists and academics. would cut the Uld cut the mis-match be. This Counci. I say the tween the output from the universities and polytechnics and the needs of the labour market.

George Stratton imposed, the cost which result from ten times greater.' DAVE MARTIN, a member of the CAV Fazakerley occupation committee, said: "This fight is as important as our fight for the right to work. They both involve the rights of the whole working class. But I think this one-day strike and protest action is inadequate. Only a General Strike and the removal of the Tories will solve the problem. for good.' those fines is