Stockport is most famous for its engineering. Giant firms like Hawker-Siddeley, Simon, teachers this out.
cesses One hundred and -TOM Bi over Britair attended the second conference of the STA had to The Socialist Teachers' Alliance had its founding conference eariv -ced •becomoor Many teachers who had been Socialist *Rank and File' grouping had been number out sectarian orientation The Socialist Teachers' Alliance it was necessary to break with the set out to build a united left wing in opposition to these bureaucrat ic and sectarian pratices of Rank launc ano rue. ine tisto a conterenci elected a national co-ordinating Committee broadly representative of all tendencies present to carry In its brief existence, the STA nas scoree some imoonant suc the elections for the and Association, two members of the Coordinating -STOOG none •case the same vote as the provisionall SOme thirty been delegated to the forthcoming NUT conference.
attempt to win Rank and File to "Rank and File' had turned down BILL JACKSON is 73 accident and gets tet. 4 a week. Inis means inat ne couldn't pay his Stockport's Tory Council refused his offer to pay 25 a week put him in jail. Only supporters who rallied around him and paid the arrears were able to get him out constant warnings about 'unoffi cial action suggest that the rightwing majority on the EC views a real conflict with horror.
Apart from Stockport, Bolton and Oldham are also involved in a no-cover campaign, but no effort has been made to bring the rank and file together to pool experience or plan moves to intensify the effort. Prolonged isolation is a real DANGEROUS There are other dangers too. In Stockport. the policy is based or arguments for increased rates. This 1s reactionary. The leaflets distri buted on the estates and outside schools by teachers and trades council members, increase in rates which can end the dispute'. It might do so, but it won't end the cuts and will throw the burden onto the backs of other CULS workers when wages are cut, prices and wnen stockport rates have already gone up 37.5 per "Increase rates" is another way pay for the crisis. It covers the tracks of the Labour Government which sacrifices the public services at the altar of capitalism twenty the first approach.
But it was also recognised that seize the conference and Its national map -DONICIES Journal. socialis would play a major role in this, a would a daily conference bulletin.
leadership's Stressed that only national strik acton could reverse tne cuts, anc that in order to build such action Conference agreed cam basen acuon on i mav. the cate called by London NUPE and to lobby the demand nationa strike aiSC DUlO Tor Ine conterence agains Contract on 3 Apri called by Leyland steward leadership call a special salaries conference to discuss any prop osed settiement The Conference also voted support of policies which can as a ca ternalve to me socia COnTraCt. such as the protection alliance had through automatic increa agreed to carry on further discus alquestions in an open and cratic way He is disabled after being knocked down in an"
gramme to unite the whole public sector in defence of jobs, wages and conditions:
Co-ordinated national strike action; * Opening the books of councils to expose plans to slash services and sack inousanas. * Expose all suppliers profiting trom public services. nationalise these firms without compensation and under workers management: * Total opposition to the Social Contract; * Demand Labour honours its pledge to restore all cuts.
The leaders of the public service unions will not fight for such a programme. So reluctant to act is the NUT right wing, for example, Enal a resolution tabled or the Easter Conference is said to have causea mem great anxiery becaust it aims at joint trade union action at rank and file level against the Like similar motions tabled in other public service union con ferences, it indicates disaffection with "don't fight' or cut eise where' policies, a desire to move these unions off the political fence and an understanding that the only prevent service from demolition is by forming a rea pubil sector