Teachers must start to raise questions on this affair. By what right does power? All hiring should be under the support trom teachers the sacking of teachers on the grounds The NUS Executive and the London Student Organisation have called for an enquiry into the present conditions of class size in the schools. This is to be achieved through the setting up of 'action desks' in the colleges. In addition to this, the colleges have themselves taken the initiative to send squads of speakers into the schools to win tion.
The demand has to be raised for the opening of all financial and administrative accounts by ILEA ana the arvisionar in spectorate. What such a programme would reveal would be the links between teacher unemployment and the cuts in building programmes, capital expenditure, and schooling resources. In addition, the open ing of the books would reveal the net work that makes building workers, ancillary staff and public sector workers jobless through the linchpin of cutting educa A full workers' enquiry should be demanded in relation to the current crisis in the schools, which involves the labour movement in its broadest sense.
Continued from front page of pull-out schools to find out the level of class sizes in the area, the standard of the school buildings, and demand that the Labour councils act now to improve coucauonal opportunIty.
wynen contactine scnoois. stucents should find out if any of the school students as well as une teacners in the school are interested in the campaign. Fifth and sixth-formers could set up registration desks in schools to find out the level of unemployment among school leavers. Report-backs can then be made to occupation meetings, and health, housing etc. if they want a job when unev leave coneae.
This message must be taken from the occupations to every college in the area. The occupations have not merely received the support of workers and students immediately affected by the cuts in public expenditure. Dockers and miners in scotland- carworkers in the Midlands, Rolls Royce workers in Bristol - all have pledged their support and asked to know more about the campaign. action in support of the 'day of action' called tor ov ine colnouron area or ine NUS. This is the sort of action that will Deoin to make me government sit un and take us seriously. The TUC will find it difficult not to give full and active support if every area can win similar solidarity action from trade unionists.
able to turn back ine governments ore gramme of cuts and win jobs for all college leavers. Only a united campaign by the labour movement and its allies such as students - can reverse the cuts that are the cause of unemployment in the public sector. That is why we must call on the TUC to join the fight taken The local branches of NALGO, and the ElS in Edinburgh are discussing strike By themselves, students will not be side the trade unions.
our fight.
- Ine emergency conterence on man chester called for local action against the cuts and unemployment on 15 June, and tor 16 June to be the national day ol action to coincide with the TUC lobby The actions that have swept Britain's colleges demanding jobs for teachers neee a national tocus to pace us: blame clearly on the Labour Government our will to tiant can oniy be sus tained against the Government if we win the support of the broadest possible sections of the labour movement. That is why we must march on 16 June alongTo implement the emergency conference decision we must lobby the TUC and march on to the Department of Educative): tion and Science. and urae trade unionists to support our demo. We must call on the ment against the cuts and in support of VALERIE COULTAS (NUS ExecuMy criticism of the NUS Executive are specific:
'1. It has made no demand on the NUT to implement the 1969 confer-