THIS winter the cuts in education will really start to bite. face the threat of massive job loss.
The executive of the Na. tional of Teachers lakes me view unal only ene most extreme attacks ASLEF Willesden branch THE Railways Board announced last Thursday their intention close down the collection and distribution section of their parcels operation.
The shutdown will mean the immediate loss of 6,000 jobs, mainly of road carrier drivers and parcel depot sorters. Another 2,000 jobs Will be lost in National CarCOC cupation.
CallIc the Board SHOELY • had Southern Region in services pulling of parcels carrying, private serAISL pensation to and organise force the ¡caucisino against job for TOSSCS, and 35-hour loss of should be Teachers all over the country education should be esisted. It has discusser Dul Icicascu IC H gudennes tor achion massue me real arousi redundancies, while playing the jobs will be through redeployment Carly wastage. The NUT natural wastage favour schemes which shed jobs while avoiding redundancy.
Second, the executive inalcates tnal ornicial backing for strikes will be restricted the Teachers in the WUIDL CUl clues will LOId thankful that their acts are as bad as in the rural this AGM teachers Alliance 1O01 blace to the Many dissatisfied ex- its refusal eculve s polly to cal naona acon. evasion of links with other exists to such "for broad opposition Douces DaSCU demands for public sector solidarity and for national make this issue its priority over the next year The STA also • voted be continuing its campaigi relation not ank especially relation to File It decided to seek L action with teachers Party organisa tic labour _SEA and to win suboot or me novemoe conference against the cuts.
The meeting voted continue the efforts to develop a socialist politics ot education. which is now more important unan ever as an alternative to the Tories' ideological attacks.
FIGHT PAC needs to update some of the that's on display. and block together with the are lanied one-at-a-time decapita. tions.
ment's by thousand spattered with our blood would cherland.
These were the openins remarks by Frances Morre • Campaign for Labour Party Democracy's con within the party last THat orivuede s norinsignificant when you consider that a mere 19 MPs out Fifty-five Labour MP: all men voted for Corrie's anti-abortion Bill, assuming it their right to decide on women's lives and flout the decisions of the Labour Party converence At this year's conference
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