HE INNER LONDON Education Authority, at a ecial meeting on 20 November, looked set to pass udget which represented in essence a 'no cuts no o loss' stance against the Tory threats from ratepping.
The aited increases of £3 million, and cuts and savings I about £3 million. This decision is a victery for lose who campaigned in the trade unions and in the abour Party for the Labour group on ILEA to take ach a stand.
The ILEA leadership out consultation acument which spelt out implications for serces of the £75 million in is which the Tories were emanding. imlemented, these cuts pould mean 7,000 redunmacles among le workthe consultaon period, ILEA receivI nearly 2000 responses, a arted the Tory proposals. which supDe overwhelming majoricalled on the authority stand firm.
The campaign which chieved this was not the budget of nearly £1 billion will contain result of clear leadership The itself. It was the campaign by unionists, especially ILEA Teachers Association, and activists in the Labour Party, which took the into schools, union branches, wards constituencies.
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The strength of this campaign was reflected in the action on November. Francis Morrell and Ruth Gee, leader deputy leader of ILEA, opposed this action. Increasingly Over une past 2 months they have sought to distance themselves tron the unions and sought to concentrate activity on producing adverisements and influencing Tory wets. Westminster city council LOO legal action challenge ILEA's campaign spending, the Labour group put an immediate stoo to a series of local shop stewards conferences aimed at uniting the work force.
Meanwhile, the Socialist Teachers Alliance within the Inner London Teachers' Association nave pusned trough a call for workplace based for London, ILEA, and London Bridge to hammer out a strategy based on commitment to united action in defence of jobs and services. ISAVE THE GLO SMOCRA LONDON DEFEND THE ILEA Photo: STEFANO CAGNONI (Pornot)