THE STRIKE of Scottish Univensity computer staff, now in its third week, threatens to becoare ao open con frontation with the Pay Board, and to escalate into a national strike:
The computer staff are demanding the implementation of a previous agreement re grading them as teebnical staff (which would strengthen their future bargaining position), and a backdated settlement, which would give them a substantial sun of moncy. They bave rejected a compromise proposal, which does not concede these pojnts.
The lay Board has turned down a clasm won by local action at beinburgh CHUE SESTE The Pay Board'refused is on the 30 May 1974 Ana tosult of a unanimous ASTHS conference decision. the strike Is heig extended to the rost of Britain. Staff at many unsensities who have been involved in fruitiss negotiations far months, At Bath University computer scatt the one made to Scottish staff-by black 3 May. The University responded by sucking the eight computer operators and calling in agency labaur.
The victimised workers recered massive support leo the stud wis and Fou the NUPE, the main union un the campus, WE CHEERINE SEESE SOMEHO The Students Union called a halfpickets turned away all deliveries co the University. The struggle was extended to take in other aspools ol the cur-back In educational exponuun nada boycot!
•Page 8 At Heriot Walt University in Edinburgh, computer stalt have begun an occupation and strike.
Scirting University, hallcd in nose departments, has already approsched ibe computer staff with a local offer. The operators have refused to go back unless they have the approval of stuff at every University now on strike.
To guarantee that pressure to call off the strike will not leave one of the wcaker sections of the computer statt stranded it is necessary to fight for:
bind ng to all universi th Pay Board.
action, over-riding any Pay Board decisen to block payment.
No victimisation. The administration backed down, reIn Scolland the strike is hitting heavily.