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attended the that is Education conference held by the Socialist Teacher Alliance at the end of last month, spurt JAN POLLOCK and CLARA MULHERN for Education erence were organised on the questions of Educaton Social Democracy it Industry ELIC factories and Education.
Platform speakers. included Raymond Frith Hollowas, papers for peneral discussion, campaigi and this was wartshops on more specitie topics.
PROGRESSIVE The very conFerence, teachers showed a willingness to work out a concerted response to lie education crisis ished left Education, and Teaching Landon Kids people Politics the STA Working Party.
The themes of the contand and on and who Williams, and 30л. presented thei Why the STA conference whom had SiZE organisod left which attracted sector, the diversity present Besides members of extab.SIA CP. Radical Teachers Action, the conference was attended by of sexism — progresive teachers from the confused. iherlarian tradition, many of STA'S BETTY HUNTER speaking at tion experience of the politically previous offer, The conference's size and currents to unforseen difficulties. There was frictior the question of the Bambine organisation and the emphase conferenes itsell.
Merseyside The debate about structure raised some valuable points botably amound the operation but was often This prevented I many coniributors from direc themes of the conference.
Despile these tensions, the need to take advantage of the powledged in the workshops. Most decided to form them selves into groups witch will AT A mass meeting in car Liverpool on Saturday workers from British Leyland Speke plant voled by a two to one majority against a resolnfrom their shop stewards to reject the company's latest pay reports JACK BEAUMONT.
This decision represents the major blow, not just to the shop stewards and the Lesland committee who backed them, bur to the whole of the labour movement on At least 2,000 lost Jobs will now be added to the dole qieue in an area in which there is 15 percent unemployment The effective closure of the plant and standards and assessment.
will aid the STA in developing on key educational issues.
A newsletter assessing the conference and reporting the proposals made the workshops, is so be circulated bordly to chose who atteaded, , help that enthusiaste generated at the only demoralise workforce which was alread weak through last year's lang drawn out management provoked strike Photo:
Responsibility for this serious defeat rests with shop stewards and combine committ toe leaders who offered no real lenderslip until ir was too late Even al Saturday's meering chairperson of the combine committee Derek Roninsan was still quotine with approval much vaunted plan or Leyland boss Michaci Edwardes. Yet it 1s this ver plan which insisted thai Speke be dosed.
Only The fact that one thied of the workers in the mass *cre opposed closure shows there isseill a slim Sope left to save the jobs.
Socialist Challenge Socialist Challenge WITH the Socialist Challenge conference just three feminist in terms which appeal
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meet to consider areas like l conference Is not dissipated. Speke - slim chance left