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own in the Memorandum were for "flexibility" to 'correct discordisarm TASS The TASS Executive Committee gales to oppose any continuation mual conference of the union lhis week in Boumemoulh.
TADS HAS THE STOCO GOOD ith Scanion's decision to wage restraint at the TUC in the gone on record with e other 20 unions in British makers strike. And the Tour point campaign of action wages haa reSORS COR SEE secutive Committee lo purtue a ational Wage Claim for gether with a sliding scale of crease the basic wages of all ervals to keep pace with inta.
ne will be unable to make a major arkers It doesn't mention that nass mavoiemart 1s Dy ging a ighting lead to focus the line that the Executive has been pursuing over the last year. They voted to support a third round of the wages policy, endorsing an Executive memorandum which failed even to mention a figure to negotiate around.
dativities with those of other Defenceof Edweartonal Standards hes and defects it salary struc- number of unemployed reachers right wing. They are disarmed in Don yel again tus your the Nationa Executive of the AUEW engineering section has decided that all of its DELICAL HORSEL cHes aoopied by this pody, A Bloch The TASS executive refuse to a real figh will have grown to 44,000 due to Conference also approved the the Exocutive's Inaction. Bet the Memorandum simply advances more or the same.
ment. By nest school year, the singularly failed to mobilise the Whilt the NUT leadership has membership over the last year in a fight against the cuts, they haven't been so soff when it came 10 dealing with members who wanted to take action. Teachers at Litt dan were suspended from the Union when they took action.
Tucked away in an appendic to the Execurive's annuat report was 1 proposal to compel local asso ciations to dect officers by secre ballot. This was accepted by conference, as was a proposal to give the Executive tighter control over the Union's paper, The Teacher. шо рис conecrenc s досерлос of the Executive's right wing line. however, there was a definite shift to the left on the conference foor.
THE LEFT The organised left-wing has been undergoing a scady development over the last months. Traditionally section he Rank and rue groups laminated hy the Socialis: Work cominaled by the Socialise Workers Party, has been the principal 338888888883333 203 s1 the 50 by the end of conference ing against E90 for the strike. Teachers Alliance. The STA has existed only for 5 monchs. But in char time it has won the support of ine en an ine ns, and the undemocratic internal seracture of Rat. Thirty-five delegates were STA members when conference ference speech. began. This number had grown 1o All STA-sponsered public meetthe Social Contrac Wyn Bevan attracted seventy dele gales, The meeting raised nearly front of the struggle against the individuals and organisations on the left seckit to reach aut lo wider foroes, and in particular tum the 100,001-5trong Class size vote into action, An eighty-strong ident STA RAF meeting was held on the eve of conference, and a jaim STA-RAF leafier produced in res ponse to Shirley Williams' com HOLY CAMPAIGN Most important was the meeling called by a number of associations and supported by both the STA and Raf to organise a national campaign against the curs The resing, held on Tuesday, STA delegale from Wandsworth NUT moves the main motion on racism.
arracted more chan 100 delegates and supponed a proposal lo carry forward the tight agniast be culls and Social Contract by organising an open conference in mid-June. A include 5 STA members, 5 RaT the meeting itseif.
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The 2,000 delegates at this year's National Union of Teachers conference gave overwhelming support to the