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ton House, a 1066-bed hostel on the council for somewhere improvements on their wag- tion has been called for Saies, which average £30-odd urday December I, from a week. Rowtons, the owners Yam at the hostel in Arlingof the hostel, sacked the ton Road, Camden. 'We strikers and then got a court want to make this one really order to evict them from the big", said Jack Jenkinson, THE ACTSS-NUJ strike by staff at the National Union of Students was settled last Friday, 26th.

The staff ACTSS secretary told us that five of the staff's six demand (centred round conditions for changing job descriptions) had been met, and the dispute had been "very satisfactorily settled"

"We hope that the (NUS) Executive and management have learned a few lessons from this dispute — that you can't around just push people NUS president Neil Stewart, however, said: "All the principles we sought acceptance of before the strike have been gained, and the major threat to the NUS's finances contained in the staff's proposals on severance pay has been removed"

Student support for the staff had come from a number of colleges in Scotland. At a meeting of the NUS Scottish Council on NovemFROM 5.30am on Tuesday N vember 30, police started filling the streets round Arlington Hruse hostel in Carden. By Tam the area was sealed off by about 300 cops - "they were just everywhere' , convenor Jack Jenkinson told us - and bailiffs went in, smashing down doors to evict strikers from their rooms in the hostel.

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But the strikers are still determined. A mass picket of around 100 was maintained for many hours on the night of Thursday 25th, when the eviction order first came into operation. Camden's Labour council has provided accommodation for the evicted men — not very good accommodation, but the strikers are keenino un nressure And a mass demonstra'not 100 or 150, bi ‹ more like 1000. It's really important to show that Row ons are out on a limb.

"We' re pressing for the TGWU to make an official call for this picket and to circularise Region 1 of the Donations are also needed - to the strike committee at Camden Labour Centre, 8 Camden Road, London NWI (485 1100) - and help with picketing at the hostel and al the three London hotels owned by Rowtons, the Mount Pleasant in Calthorpe St, the Grand in Southampton Row, and the London Park at the Elephant and Castle. society 'official picket line to