sion with his pupils.
It is true that Shrewsbury, even unions, (nearly a year after the arrests)
But the fact has to be explained why movement to free the pickets remains give the undertaking.
In the face of the consultants" action the crisis in the healtit service and the work- Education Authority in victimising militant Preachers. go ahead to consider planning permision for but the NUT Executie France and GenHE DOS TICH sep in this, we must work to budd suppart cuffeule to sell out on solanes and kow-low working class kius. A LONDON SCHOOLTEACHER Has been sacked because ne is bomusexual, the presence of homosexuab in the social Jolin Warburton was a teacher at St. Marylebone Cof E Secondary School. He was active in the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE). Then he was spotted on a CHE law retorm demo by pupils from his school. Of course, he faced a great deal of ribbing from his class. He responded to this by trying to explain homosexuality and open up a discus The most sensible and helpful thing to do, you might think. But not the Inner London Education Authority They called John in and demanded that he give an undertaking never to discuss homosexuality with puris again. Even if the education author ities are in favour of ignorance, gay activists aren't. So John refused to The upshot is that he is now jobless and has heen blacklisted by the ILEA.
This disgraceful picce of discrimination а вре але всналси паррспне The hounding of homosexual workers goes on ali the time. Pust now All tang 'em high" Knight has pat. Loods e questions in the House of Commom abou services, It is clearly her inrention to launc a wilch-hunt, which would add to the isola Lion of gay people involved and split a work force that is bearing the brunt of the cris in the "welfare state Unfortunately, cases of discrimination against gay workers are rarely fought Often the people concerned are too easily frightened into submission. Far too often in cases like this the trade untion movem In John Warburton's case this is not po to happen. The pay proup inside the NUT ane taking the matter up, and all it Londo members are writing to che JLEA, insisting on their right to discuss homosexuality in the class-room. This netion must be takem ap by the whole workers' movement, and it must be supported.
Hut one action on its own is not enor This opon witch-hunting car only be loug if the whole issue of the oppression of po people gots a real airing in the trade union movement A big step in this direction will be the Conference of Gay Working People which i Taking place on 10 11 May at Leeds Polytechnic. This meeting needs the most wide ranging support: contact the organiser via Martin O'Leary, 32 Hartley Grove,