Says Bernard Regan NUT executive member overwhelming tion.
agree to arbitration. strength separate struggles. because reference for arbitration.
terms of reference' cuts in jobs.
don with the same Education boss Keith Joseph for what it is and of the miners. Despite the commitment to strike action by majorities of the National Union of Teachers members balloted in the current selective action, the executive of the union has no confidence in the possibility of winning the teacher's pay claim through acInstead the right wing leadership, have placed their hopes in getting the employers to The Socialist Teachers Alliance, the biggest left organisation in the NUT, has been campaigning for a programme of escalating strikes and united action with other public sector unions against cash limits. Currently over one million public sector employees are linked up against the government — a pro• gramme of joint campaigning would give confidence to each of the If teachers' pay is referred to abritration the NUT leadership will call off all action and the whole outcome of the claim will be in the hands of the government who have the right to accept or reject any arbitrator's recommendations. The right wing want arbitration it provides them with an alibi whatever the outcome. They even refuse to limit the employers' room for manoeuvre by laying down restrictions on the terms or The employers however have no such inhibitions — they are insisting on 'acceptable - an indicator that they expect teachers' pay rises to be paid for out of They have talked about 20,000 jobs for every one per cent above cash limits. The STA is against calling off any action, it is for stepping it up. All the strikers from East Lonschools last week joined the NUM demonstration on 7 June. In London the STA is at the forefront of organising for strike action in support of the Kent NUM on A meeting of Burnham, the negotiating body has been called on 22 June and the STA is calling for a lobby of this and demanding that the union negotiators demonstrate their intention of defending teacher's pay and jobs commitment dispalyed by A failure to do so will expose their policy La sell out - not just of teachers but of other public sector workers