ABOUT 80 black trade unionists the West Midlands attended a Commission for Racial Equality-sponto discuss black workers and the trade unions. The composition of the conference was overwhelmingly male manual workers.
They discussed the day to day problems at HERE Teachers:
cil workers' strike on 4 February.
local The NUT assullalions branches represent teachers in Lambeth, East London, Hackney, Wandsworth, and Newham.
The teachers who have been suspended by the right-wing leadership of the union have been asked to appear before a disciplinary committee this Friday.
The hearings will be held during working obliging teachers to disclose to their employers the reason for their absence. This will lay them open to victimisation.
Among the eight are union Dick North, Dave Picton, and Bernard Regan, who were candidates the Inner Teachers Association (ILTA) this Their suspension was prompted by the concern of the right wing to bring about their defeat in the ballot than 370 voters, because sne was not prepared to allow extra time to check their membership records.
This procedure has been carried • previously, and the records happen to be in a chaotic state.
A further 180 ballot papers were not accepted because of minor technical errors
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Black workers conference
SEVERAL teachers' associations in London are now calling for the full reinstatement of the eight members of the National Union of who have been suspended from the union for supporting the Lambeth coun