Axe NEWHAM Labour council in East London has not only put forward a plan of cuts but it will obligingly fail active Snatcherites' against made cear 200-strong lobhy on 9 October, called by NALGO and supported by other public sector unions.
Only three councillors supported a call to defy the axe and refuse to make interest payments on borrowed cash.
WALLET members are industrial action, in order to what the effects of the cuts would be. Newham Trades Council is to hold a local labour movement conference, and there is to be another lobby of the council on 20 November. Liars NOTTINGHAMSHIRE's county council is not having an easy time with The closure of two day nurseries and cuts In nursery caucaton with ane tafeat of 248 nursery nurse redundancies have. sparked off four demonstrations in as many weeks.
The Tories have been exposed as bars in claiming that the were not needed and that there were no waițing lists for places in those due to be closed.
Saturday • saw the demonstration which LOUR pall.
majority, and children.
The local public way the public council opposition to the cuts.
county.
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start By Bernard Regan, show THE INNER London Authority tion of the cut was Tory Alors and the teacter members. Following combined Livingstone and defeat the nurseries 1,200 teachers' latest and school over charges. parents and children, together with NUPE and NALGO nursery nurses. teachers and other trade unionists WaN the first-ever demonstration for the overwhelming who were mainly women sector unions have called a mass lobby of the next meeting show Thousands are expected to attend from all over the secretary, East London Teachers' Association Education encountered small problem when it met on 9 October to discuss the 5 per cent cut it has been asked to implement. A T'ory move to strengthen the call for implementadefeated by combination of the Labour councilthis vote the Tories with the teacher members and two left Labour counciliors, Ken Charlie Rossi, to Labour leadership's jobs, massive cutbacks in part-time employees, and the raising of adult education fees, meal, and: transport The proposal for a five per cent cut. will doubtless be reintroduced ai By Rab Bird, Sheffield OVER two thousand people attended a public meeting in Sheffield last week to hear Arthur Scargill and Joan Maynard MP opening a campaign against cuts initiated by Yorkshire Federation of The federation established a committee to fight the cuts which involyes the heads of all the Labour councils in South Yorks, and the leaders of the major unions.
Calling for Labour councilsto defy the government cuts, Scargill argued that defeats like Clay Cross could be avoided if those fighting cuts are fully supported by the rest of the labour movement. As for breaking the law 'we wouldn't be at this meeting now if our forefathers hadn't defied the law':
A lobby of Parliament is planned for 28 November, and the call from the meeting. was. Inal the demonstration promised for the new year should be on a weekday. Threat THE General Nursing Council has threatened nurses industrial action may be struck off the register The health union COHSE has pledged full backing for
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Leon, Martin Josephine Lang testified as to the Coroner. 5 November.
Gerald, as possible should be represented at the picket. As many organisations
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proposals to introduce the 5 per cent These cuts would mean the loss of
the next meeting. Scargill