Some of the nearly 2,000 demonstrators from women's liberation and socialist groups who assembled in Hyde Park The service computer room at computer staff which also affects Flasgow, Aberdeen and Stirling Universities.
The strike has been provoked by the Scottish Universities with the aim of isolating and defeating a militant section of University staff. It is part of their contribution to the cuts in higher education imposed by Tory and Labour Governments.
Negotiations around the restructuripg of University staffs have been going on since 1972. The computer staff were to have been ussimilated into technician grades after a general re-grading of other staffs had been completed. But attempts to negotiate a national agreement were abandoned last year, and the Scottish unions have tried to negotiate on a regional basis.
An offer was made during the three day weck. Although this was poor, it wus accepted after ASTMS Offcials aried might drag out negotiations into a period of wage freeze.
HE a struggle had been pursued at that a weaker poston, anom tre arospere of the period much greater unity with other sections in strusse could have been achieved.
now reneged on their affer, broken off regional negotiations and made a series of local offers. These involve:
* Lower rates than ever before offered * Separate grades tram the technicians, which would isolate computer staff in any future negotiations Backdating only from Novembe 1973 instead of 1972, as originally offere BERTOLUCE EULASZ CONDERI operalors mocting last Friday. The oc cupation at Strathclyde will prevent scabbing by lecturers and programmers, and other unions hive been asked not to crow The key to success will be to win support from students and non-lochnical scatt, and to take the fight against the attacks on the labour mavement.
JOHN BALL Red Weekly 1 May 1974 on Sunday to oppose the 40,000 strong rally organised by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, and call for free abortion on demand. In Glasgow, a 1,000-strong SPUC rally was opposed by 200 demonstrators. SPUC OFFAI
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Strathclyde University, Glasgow, has been occupied, in a strike of