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Scottish English Their 1974 holidays, selective indicated town in support of their pay are approaching workers in the private sector to stage a stoppage at the sami In approaching workers in sector they are stressing that their march is not Trades only in support of decent pay for nurses, but also against the and inadequate on Saturday Hyde Park.
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taking no action in that area, nurses will be ambulance workers to make it a joint Mike Anderson and Des 50,000 teachers throughout Scotland came out on a one day national strike on 22 March in support of their strike, called by the Educational Institute of Scotland which represents about 75 per cent of the teaching force, an almost total cane This showed the anger of teachers at the insulting offer of eight per cent - me same as mas ween maue Lo and Welsh teachers. living standards have been cut by 42 per cent since The EIS leadership, which has always supported incomes policy, is not waging a serious campaign. They delayed action until two weeks before the propose action in a small number of schools.
They have even offered to accept a nine per cent increase if *cast iron guarantees' of phased increases are given, and have will accept reference of the claim to the comparability commission.
DELEGATES from Yarrow shipyard in Glasgow, Liverpool Council, and Rover Solihull were among the 700 marched past Garner steakhouses in Central London after a rally in strike by immigrant workers for union recognition is now in its 15th month, with little practical help from the Transport Union.
In contrast Rank and Fle Teacher in Scotland, which groups together all the far left independents and members of the Labour Party, have been energetically campaigning for a minimum flat rate increase of £20 for all teachers, and for all out strike claim.
At rallies throughout Scotland the Rank and File position got broad support, executive is under considerable pressure to organise more than the selective action scheduled to begin on 27 March.
Two things are crucial in developing fight back.
Firstly, the actions proposed by the executive must be widened into an all out strike. Secondly and equally importantly, unless the demands of English and teachers are pushed forward the Scottish teachers may be isolated and cereated as they were in 1974.
Rank and File and thi Socialist Teachers Alliance in their pay claim CEOH and attempts must be made to co-ordinate north and south of the border.
The 15 Garners workers who remain on strike most of those who originally joined the picket lines have now been forced to take jobs elsewhere — are determined to win the right to union representation. invited a Garners speaker yet? organisation see what's Ler for derals or daily pickets. A series of film benefits starts sunday, Dread Beat and Blood and Dark Star at the Gate Cinema, Notting Hill, W11, at 1pm. Tickets f1.