Nursery action : | IMGpapers 1980

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'REINSTATE Elleen the demand of 2,000 teachers when they struck to defend nursery education last week.

Eileen Crosbie was suspended for refusing to teach in her nursery unit at Robert Mellors school because of the fall in standards. replace a nursery assistant meant that 40 children between the ages of three and five were being taught by only one teacher and an assistant.

Within three days of the new term starting the accident record had gone months.

Crosbie' was Nottingham These cut a further 136 assistants.

Failure threatened employees joined now prepared to up 50 per cent on the previous three conditions will spread of throughout the area if the county council goes ahead with its plan to Local feelings are running high.

Parents at nearby Sycamore nursery have already organised to fight its of closure. Council places Wednesday's march and teachers are centre ballot for strike