borough at the beginning of April.
the naa recipe executive's to the SOThe cam•Educa tion council doomed fo ecuuve union's quickly ushered The the defer the In TEACHERS RECEIVED an average of 4.25 per cent across the board rise in the government announcement on their pay last week. This falls way short of the 40 per cent the national union of teachers voted on at its annual conference in Scarreality this debate will be the political direc tion of the union, not about organisational matters. It will be very impor tant.
There is a whole layer of union members who do not see themselves as part Lose restructuring ( union in an undemocratic way. In the buildup to the now for the left. including the Socialis Teachers Alliance, mus recognise the huge vacuum that has opened up on this issue the centralist urge of the union leadershir The executive': decision to name Doug Macavoy? Genera Secretary designate without any recognised procedure uo lo aDol clearly exposed the corrupt method of the bureacracy was rejected by London Teachers (ILTA) officers, instated atter suspension were given tacit They showed why were unprepared to allow members to be victimised by overzealous union of ficials all too willing to flout disciplinar! procedures and to spenc large amounts OT the unions funds in the process A standing ovation was also given Lena Milosecic Leicesteshire who moved the resolution that would have made clear that the NUT was to counteract stereotypes an misconceptions about le bians and gays and to cam paign against Clause 28 o the local government bill.
The conference listened silently to the debate and in spite of the defeat of the motion, moved b Lena, which lesbian an gay teachers had put for ward, we secured a grea victory. The union is now committed to maintaining support for any teache victimised on the grounds of their sexual orientation 'encouraging development of unbiaser altudes aboul nomosex uality. The campaign waged by lesbians and gay me around clause clearly had an impact on the educational A substantial lobby of the W2S ganised by supporters the Fight the Cor the lobby in sp Wide support to the union's negative at titude to the abortion bill made it all the more effec the left, and in type of union the NUT i going to be. The meeting called in May on this by the Coventry Teachers Associanon must be sup ported by local associa tions. A lurch towards new -realism at a time when the state education service is undergoing an immense restructuring is no -time tor business as usua Conference in defence of Called Coventry he held on saturday May at L Bank Teachers Centr from 11 am to 4 pm. Fur ther details are availabl from Rhona Hazel, 22 Noi
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