Policy This policy is stupid on many counts - none more so tnan Ine lact lilal ll cannot work even if it were desirable. History teachers cannot be usefully moved to schools which are short of physicists, or be expected to fill a primary school vacanskills ror such re-training necessary. But the provision being offered for this by the ILEA is pitiful.
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Address I enclose chequ Action for E........... The 'pink panther' tractor built by occupying Caterpillar workers for the people of Nicaragua stands idle in Glasgow's George Square impounded by the company's court action. Full report, page II. Caterpillar workers fight on JOC success SAMMY Thompson has been elected NUM vice. president by 34,802 votes to Eric Clarke's 25,956.
Interviewed on the radio following the announcement of his poli success, Thompson said that his election comraaed surong national support in the union for the leadership of Arthur Scargill and Peter Heathfield Thompson emphasised that he considered opposition to six-day working to be a crunch issue. We should be fighting for a shorter working week, he said.
There was a 65 per cent turnout of the NUM membership in the Thompson's 57.27 per cent was his total following transfers from two other candidates eliminated in the count though it is understoos that he had a majority on first preferences too.
going to win our fight to maintain five-day working uphold nationally negotiated and win it convincingly.