BRITAIN'S SECOND largest teachers union, the NAS/UWT will resume half-day strike action from next Monday. response to the intransigence of the re-elected Tory government in sticking by Kenneth Baker's law which removed teachers negotiating rights.
Explaining the decision resume secretary of the NAS/UWT Fred Smithies, said There can be realistic peace in the future until there is restoration of teachers' negotiating rights over salaries conditions.
"This issue is ot tundamental importance It is a basic right of teachers and all unions to be able to sit down face to face with their employers to discuss pay.
This anti-democratic legislation'.
The executive of the major union, the NUT, decia ed to break ranks with the NAS action this Tenti Claiming that there complete unity' with the NAS/UWT opposition to Baker's legislation, the NUT executive opted for what was described as 'differente NUT leaders The leaders say they will organise what they call 'demonstrative days of action' for the autumn: One such day has been floated to coincide with the Tory ParThe Net leadership say Registered as a newspaper with the Post Office.
Pablished by Cardinal Enterprises, PO Box 50, London N1.
Printed by East End Offset Ltd. (TU), London It. The action decision was taken in that it could be a day of joint national strike action with the NAS/UWT.
The position the leadership of NUT, traditionally key teaching union, not to take action this term will doubtedly have a demobilising effect in the struggle the Tories, parazallisi ticularly In of remarks made by their deputy general scuitialy, Doug McAvoy.
McAvoy told a number of journalists that, the re-election of the Tories, it was futile to continue the campaign against the Baker law. Instead, the should turn its attention to campaigning against future Tory plans for education.
The union's inner London division, ILTA, has reis ed sching unre action deepening the action against the pay and conditions legislation can we ensure a united a determined stance in defence of educasaid Carole Regan, one of the ILTA officers who were suspended by the NUT leadership organising action SUBSCRIBE Inland 24 Issues £10 48 Issu0s $20 against Baker earlier this year.
ILTA has called on the NUT leadership to step up the campaign joint tion with the NAS/UWT, and for a continuation of the campaign of refusing to cover for absent colleagues non-attendance meetings outside of the time-table conditions that have been established bathe course of the long pay conditions.
•AMA has also been in negotiation with the Inner Education Authority over the implementation of the Baker proposals. At its conference at Easter, the NUT called on Labour-controlled local education authorities to refuse to implement Baker's provisions But the Labour-controlled ILLA nas laken an uncom promising negotiations with ILTA have broken down.
ILEA is also refusing to make any concessions over the Issue of compulsory redeployment of teachers, which has been the subject of strike action by London teachers. ILEA is threatening to sack teachers who refuse to it This will be their an important issue at this weekend's London regional which ILTA is lobbying.
RATES Overseas
----- pull-quotes -----
(48 issues only) Europe £24 Áirmall £34 (Double these rates for multi-reader Institutions)