win aidecided to end its support for the action being taken of the Tory-controlled county council.
News of this about-face came last Thursday evening, after two Thousame enciers had marched in Bristol LIC day and then attended a rally where NUT president Fred Jarvis was among the speakers There was puzziemen dismissed because they prepared material for Bob Wright, the AUEW assistant genera Wright will be standing as the Broad Left candidate in the and the two researchers Alan Hughes and Trevor Esward, drafted documents critical of Although they did this in their own time, they were instantly reinstatement Wright and Derek Robinson: Petition forms are available from: • Ove remarks. 'I hope teachers will take action on class sizes next term,' Jarvis •announced. 'and that we will build on the hemate by taking it to the people The teachers thought they had been doing just that, and it was only after the rally that they learned their executive was withdrawing its support.
teachers representatives evente condemned the executive The backeloui the NUT leadership follows Avon county council at which He one refused to even discuss their announcement of a standstill the education which means a cut of 20 per
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leadership brings dismissals TWO research officers at the Engineering Union's head-
agsinst the cuts by its members in Avon, where teachers at several schools have been on strike against the policies
YOUR LOCAL POLICE STATION I WED APRIL 23rd