Natfhe Militant Sacked

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The Stalinist-dominated executive committee of NATFHE has got a very face.

. For its secretary, Principal of West Ham 1 FUr Education College has just one of his lecturers sacked.

It so happens that lecturer was chairman of college NATHE branch.

THE KEY TO THE CUT ENNALS OUTI NO MORE HOSPITAL CUTS A WSL pamphlet the of red also ther had this the A WORKERST This is one of the few branches in the country to be actively campaigning in defiance of the union leadership's discouragement, on the claim for a merger of grades 1 and 2 of lecturers' pay scales.

Eric Williams, the Principal, is chairman of the national action group responsible for pushing through the claim.

Only a week before the college branch lobbied Newham The booklet which spells out the policies necessary for all-out struggle against the cuts, drawing on practical experience at the EGA and the Oxford Nursery Occupation.

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issues . £1.10 issues .£2.20 issues . £5.50 issues £10.00 Education Committee and received a warm reception.

But several of the councillors on that committee are also members of the college Board of Governors; which, on January 24, voted to uphold the dismissal.

John Regan, the sacked lecturer, had only become chairman of the branch in the autumn, following an explosion of anger among lecturer I's in the college at the way the negotiations were being handled.

He said "l i was bitterly disappointed at the completely negative reply of the Burnham FE Committee and went back from the lobby to my branch determined to show that the lecturer I's were a force to be reckoned with."

The decision to go for the claim was made at the annual WSL all- the need for a prin- Party.

presum. ment of a socialist society.

The Workers Socialist League is the only movement in Britain that fights patiently and relentlessly to build such a party, on the basis of the Trotskyist Transitional Programme.

We alone are the movement conference, againsi : the advice of the union leaders hip.

The ostensible reason for sacking Regan was that he had refused to fill in a new kind of report for students.

Branch policy is that the reports constitute a change in the conditions of service iand must be properly negotiated.

When summoned to the Principal's office Regan entered and demanded a negotiation in the Conference Room with the branch official present.

This was refused and later Regan was suspended and banned from entering the College premises.

The Stalinist majority on the Outer London Region is only maintained by a slim majority. This may well be the issue to topple it. strike.

He told the strike committeee that they. still had the official support of the union and that. the Regional Committee had no intention of withdrawing The police onslaught on Garners pickets is now taking a mounting toll in fines and costs.

A few weeks ago a strike committee member was fined £35 and £100 costs despite the clear evidence of three witnesses.

And a WSL member found guilty of obstruction has been fined a staggering £120. Police have even arrested a 15-year old youth.

WSL members alone, as a result of being the most regular supporters on the picket lines, now face fines totalling hundreds of pounds. members supporting the strike will continue to fight to remove all obstacles to winning the Garners strike. including those bureaucrats who oppose the necessary . policies.

We are of course fighting through the London labour movement for adequate funds to be made available to support trade unionists fined for picketing at Garners.

But the problem is now urgent. Socialist Press therefore appeals to supporters and readers for donations to assist our comrades in paying these savage fines.

Donations should be marked Garners Fines Appeal, and sent to Socialist Press, 31, Dartmouth Park Hill. London NW5 1HR.

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