dary schools. Trade unionists in Tameside have put the local Tory councillors where they belong - out of the Town Hall and into the back-street estate agent's office. Local teachers and council workers have refused to co-operate with the Tories attempts to reintroduce selection procedures for the authority's 3,100 children who are about to transfer to new seconThe children were expecting to go to the new comprehensive schools in September, but following the local elections on 6 May the Tameside Tories called a halt. They are now attempting, with the help of Conservative Central Office, to block the new.comprehensive system coming The local Tories at first went for a head-on confrontation, but met with strong resistance from the side.
New Tory offices in Tameside A packed meeting last Friday hears progres local teachers' unions, backed by the Tameside Trades Council. They originally intended to force the 11year-olds to sit 11-plus exams, but the teachers refused to co-operate. Members of the National and Local Government Officers Association have also refused to handle letters inviting parents to apply for the 240 grammar school places in TameIt is this united action which has forced the local Tories to operate from an estate agent's office belonging to one of the Tory councillo
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