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marked contrast to the situation at Fircroft College up the road, where TGWU members have been crossing the ASTMS picket line during an 18 month-long dispute.

The latest victim of the dispute is the AUEW (TASS) annual conference due to be held at the university in mid-April.

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The TASS executive has decided to move the venue to Bournmouth to avoid any problems with cold or picket lines.

The one day strike might be an indication that at last ASTMS is beginning to mobilise its full strength behind the dispute.

The response to the call for action from the University Technicians was overwhelming.

In Norwich even the academics came out in support and ICL Computer Services have respected the picket lines so the one day strike had impact.

The main problem for ASTMS now is the term ends on March 8th and if the dispute is not won then it will be diffused over the vacation.

ASTMS say the one-day strike was not a once off dispute and there will be follow ups but for tactical reasons they will not say what but we are to expect something to happen in "early March"

large contingent of police - which subsequently took place at 3am on Saturday morning equipped with crowbars, driving out the remaining 50 or so occupants.

The LSE struggle indicates both the treachery of the Broad Left and the uncompromising and determined struggle of many students to fight the cuts in education.

It is clear from this that students are going to fight this government's reactionary policies.

Middles The Enfield site of Middlesex Poly went into occupation on Thursday February 17th in protest at fees increases for vrciseas siluenis as wen as lor nuertone atroutr an -..11 -- l... home students and against the discriminatory quota system that is being implemented by the Labour government.

This week the occupation spread to other sites of the Polytechnic,