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Socialist Challenge 15 April 1982 East End News Every month you can read the news you won't I think it is worth five pounds to secure a left £5 buys you a year's subscription to the EEN plus a free EEN calendar (stocks permitting). Make out cheques and POs to Trailglow and send them to EEN, 17 Victoria dustrial Relations Act.
ing their members unions he's We've fight and stewards' committees.
Now we ve juture. The right direction.
lusion that can'l.
of action.
individual is attacked. TUC decisions FTAT national executive THE trade union movement has got to put up a fight. Tebbit's proposals are more serious than the 1971 InFrom the point of view of the rank and file, we could face unions disownTebbit's not just out to divide the out to cripple them. seen ine start or this Prior's Act which got by without a has led … to attacks on got to look to the Wembley conference decisions are in my view a step in the Some people are still under the ilcan persuade this government to change its mind.
We need a coordinated campaign Demonstrations are okay, but in the final analysis we need commitments by all the unions and particularly the big unions that they will take mass strike action if any union or Dagenham is over after seven weeks, against so secondary colleagues.
Ine Natonal Union
Teachers is fighting for 'no the Barking teachers had done ins las cad ol menune ovelal job loss, only 30 jobs would have been saved. This was an wanted to but it was a ne seluement quarantee mat no subiects win de . IOS the secondary curall sixth forms will remedial pre SuLUs suculalsl DIUVISIUE orimary schoo s wil aso maintained at the January '82 level.
Thus the worst effect of the cuts has been halted. THE STRIKE of 900 teachers in Barking, , saving the local labour council. A mass meeting of teachers on Tuesday 6 April agreed with the settlement by Those voting mainly because primary teachers have not gained parity with their vurme uc last iwo week. four offers jected by the teachers at mass HACCuIeS On each occasion the national union ww cocallol.
Bob Richardson wanted to acceot ano on eacr occasion the team reminded the mass meeting which jected prime object of the union was l volan do cuunual)
It was the unitv of all the teacners orougn C aDou the mass involvement teachers democratic Tuncuoning the strike, which forced the executive to contmue to suboort une surus gle The support the parents was also vital.
I he lessons of inis Bark ing strike are being discussed at the NUT conference at the Easter weekend by fighting on une noor or conicrence lo cl sure the union will call striki action over job loss, not jus lad (surtenerio i so chat et be taken by recive actul cal ine memoersmip in the liga against cuts Barking NUT organisi sura mey tor tene ne argue its strategy fightim inc culs. lor ure wilnul awal u ai teaches ndAOOkoru! union organise ,regiona and national solidarity action and to take the fight into the WilUit mener sit organse anandial cv While the mass involve.
ment of teachers • in Barking forced the national executive nigntng uncer mined tne aclence oi ai 159 jobs.
Teachers in Barking have agains and strengthened against furthe cuts next year
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104 out of 150 jobs threatened by 70 per cent of those present.