STOP THE NF! The Nazis are planning a malor meeting in North London on Friday 20 April with John Tyndall ington Town Hall, Uppte Islington Street, N1. called by Islington ANL. and SOCIALIST Feminist National ConferNoce 79 follow-up meeting open to all 21 April phone the planning group at Half Moon Theatre 4806465 Belt and Braces present Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo 7pm MAY DAY GREETINGS: would your COUnCH SROD Lay reems in socials dust send us ine name the secretary and we We 01-,P071). neeting ox 50, London N1 2XF EDUCATION is likely to be a major issue in wemonsirate But ICARF and debated at the National Union of Teachers conference taking place in Scarborough at Easter.
Pooled fare. For Socialist Teachers' Alliance Although Shirley Williams, Secretary of Education, is due to address the conterence, the professionalist' "non-party' character of the NUT debate on the union's attitude to the Labour Party.
The Socialist Alliance will be at conference calling for a vote for Labour, but arguing the need for the UHOR fight policies of Williams -•stewards have led to a massive drop in teachers' pay, school closures and teacher unemployment.
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Fred Jarvis has consistently sided with the advocates of pay restraint in the TUC the General the General be for will rule out any BERNARD Teachers' school closures he has Concordat. which kept aloof.
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Teacher conference -supporting REGAN: need national action against The supported the abortion.
Scottish teachers have been out on strike, but the NUT has ship of the union.
Clearly if the NUT hopes to win its own 36.5 percent claim national then a united fight with the Scottish teachers (and with the If the union does not lead a determined fight for the pay claim this will just open the door to further attacks on probably from a Tory Education Minister.
The STA and Rank and File have jointly campaigned around motions for and both will be The attempt by conference to adopt the Te 'Women in the NUT to Charter for Women at Work'.
The debate on the Charter will centre on the question of Communist Party teachers leadership is opposed to the union openly supporting The STA will fight for alternative policies to those of the present right-wing leaderApril, In particular it will press for action combat STA; school closures. To this end it is important to strengthen and Broad extend united action with Rank and File Teachers Members OI the National Union of School Students will be picketing the conference demanding abolition of corporal punishment in schools and recognition of the NUSS.
The STA supports the lobby and will be voicing its support inside the conference.
School students wanting to go on the picket should rin VUSS on 01-278 3291 for trave from London Redmond on 01-359 8371 for and Jude travel from other places.
Pre-conference meeting, Fri April, 'Conference Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales Terrace, Scarborough. Speakers: Bernard Regan, STA; Dick North, R and F. The General Election, Concordat and teachers' pay. Sun 15 Prince of Wales.
Speakers: Denny Fitzpatrick, Dick Brown, R&F: Stewart MacLennan, CPSA Left and Scottish Teacher speaker
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