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Monday 17 September Arthur Scargill is invited Wednesday 19 September community Une cuts of two schools, an old Paddington's Public Meetings:
speakers include Merle Amery, Diane Abbott and others from the black For details of times and venues phone the election headquarters: 01-286 9692 claim. (personal capacity)
THE ARBITRATION offer of 5.1 per cent to teachers is likely to be endorsed promptly by education secretary Sir Keith Joseph. Despite the militancy of its membership, the right wing leadership of the largest teachers' the National never intended to lead a serious campaign to win the teachers' claim.
Since 1974 teachers' pay has declined by over 30 per cent in real terms. There is no doubt that teachers are extremely angry about this offer and, in the words of the deputy general secretary of the NUT, 'action will probably continue'.
The decision of the NUT executive to go for arbitration was sold to the members despite the opposition of the Socialist Teachers' others on the left. It was clear to militants that any arbitration would not be 'independent'.
At the outset the employers stepped in even to oppose the ACAS-nominated chair because they were considered too pro-employee. The unionnominated member of the refused to sign the final report.
These events should leave no one in any doub bout the need for the union to retain the mas imum control over its own pay claim.
teachers' however. On 30 September the NUT is holding a special salaries which the STA will be fighting for: • a flat-rate increase for all teachers of £1200; • unity with other public sector unions against cash limits; • opposition to arbitration; • a campaign of militant strike action to win the of Teachers, Alliance and three-person body pay not over conference in Scarborough, at
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