AFFILIATION to CND will be the first motion to be debated at the annual conference of the National Union of Teachers at Scarborough.
The motion, proposed by the Socialist Teachers Alliance, was voted top of B9e l Despite the clear support for affiliahowever, it is likely GOIN be opposed most strongly by teacher members of the Communist Party, whose journal Education Today and Tomorrow has argued that backing CND is 'divisive' 'disruptive' and will lead people up a blind alley the them unilateral part of the peace motion is not only wrong in itselt: it will afford some people the chance to atiack the very discussion of conference. In other words the journal is more concerned not to upset the 244244243 Wultex workers on strike 3y Matthew Creighton SHOP FLOOR workers at Wultex factories in Huddersfield and Horbury have come out on strike. Members of the AUEW and the Boilermaker mon, le nur dred strikers, are determined not to see their wages cut this year as they were They have rejected a 7.4 per cent over.
But the main stumbling block, say strikers on the right wing NUT leadership than to fight threats posed by Thatcher and the cold war warriors of the Tory Cabinet. The through would place teachers at the collic the campaign against the Reagan visit.
Undoubtedly the teachers union is at a major crossroads. In the current salary claim, the right wing executive called the whole union into action not to achieve the claim, Despite ene fact that the agree arbitration. Thatcher government still has a right to veto any arbitration award, the NUT leadership greeted arbitraHuddersfield picket line, is schemo. They have been requesting one for 5 years The commeans maKeS mining equipment, is cerprofitable. weeks of the wages settle ment last year which lost fits workers were registered money, ore nearly £1m.
'Maggie Thatcher says that produce more we can be paid more comeany thirty per cent more work out oi for less money, said a The tion as a victory.
The conference must clearly get to grips with a real strategy for defending teachers' pay. Clearly the grand old Dukes of York (ed earl all the are who run the have no idea how to do it. Votes In the recent executive elections the votes for the majority of sitting executive members actually declined as did the number of votes cast. The one exception was Outer LONGO waere SOCISI Teachers Alliance member Ken ingres. Secretarv of Barking. Dagenham Association, was elected for the first time to the executive.
Barking and next steps are to oreans. blackina products by the NUM, and of any sub-contractors who may scab on the strike Lyons Bakery SIXTEEN hundred bakers' union members in Wakefield and Barnsley are in dispute with Lyons' Bakeries. ficial strike after rejecting u wure cur mine ormore 7.2 per cent pay offer. The has been on serience six defence teachers' tenion members haveso far and forced the Labour council to reduce the threatened This is an exemplary fight which should demonstrate to all that a fightback against the Tory initiated cuts is possible Their fight is not over and others are to come. At the annual conference the Socialist Teachers Alliance will be arguing for motions make a reality of a united public alliance against the Tories, and which prepares for the fight against the proposed Tebbit legislation.
clear number of executive amendments that the left has forced une union to of issues which represent a step torward and equality for women -but on some central issues the essentially right wing nature of the leadership through. They refuse to back campaigns defence 1967 Abortion Act or to campaign against the legislation of the Immigration Acts.
The of Ken Jones and the return of Bernard Regan Inner London, together with the votes achieved by other left candidates, most notabilv lonv Harrison In Greater Manchester and Colin Adams Outer London, reflects the membership's search for an alternative strategy union has lodged a 19.5 per cent claim which would have made up the pay lost in previous years.
'We're out till we get a decent offer exprested on the picket line in Wakefield Express come is best to weaken ine strike, has given its front page lead over jobs are threatened by the strike. But • are strikers By Chris Bertram and lan Hawkins WEEK'S conference of the National Union of Students Blackpool saw a sweep ing victory for the Na. tional Organisation of Labour Students. Previously the union leadership has been dominated by an alliance of the Com munist Part and but this tim NOLS candidates won executive COCCUS that they contested marking widespread feeling that students needed a more fighting leadership against Tory attacks.
The enthusiasm of rank and file Labour students was tempered however by doubts leadership break from the •oncies or ine Leil Allanc These fears were reinforced by NOLS' decision to support certain Left didates for full-time posts and do transier mael voles lo lor Darcus Howe and Liberal candidates in ine name of 'pluralism' of NOLS members was also shown alcate baran Veale, TOi Welfare vice-president who easily defeated Trevor Gill the Left Alliance who had th valkile or clause • NOLS supporters in th colleges will have to build the maximum self-organisation of students to Neil Stewart and siuachl. aralllsi boncies. on lne curs. suuden autonomy and on international issues such as Poland and El Salvador In fact it was the issue of Poland and solidarity with the independent student UnIOn NSZ wallen whole conference, including the NOLS caucuses . The NUS executive of the NS representative ine conterence not to send a NUS delegation to a Moscov the controlled present. NOLS members : were appalled when InC NULD Caucu stano a canoidate tor elecuor to this delegation In Socialist Challenge supporters together , WITN rank and NOLS and other socialist boycotting the election They Polish students did not inten sify the Cold War rather those refused to defend Solidarnoso Final ine rory governmen students was underlined when the Thatcher representative enter the coun ury to attena une conterence When outgoing presiden David Aaronovitch ruled tha the boycottists Still be sent to the meeting, a delegale. walked out of the hall in proIt is clear that Poland wi e a major issue at the NOL WECK divide on Poland runs right through the Clause Revolu NOLS should continu fight solidarity those who equivocate or side with General Jaruzelski.
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of last summer, the cam paign around New Cross the Black People's Day of Action, this Book Fair TuCa are being generated These two worlds face each other and the contest is on - in the context of British society - not up in the sky The writ of the present government doesn't extend to the black com munity Thatcher and Whitelaw have no authority in the black community and that is bound to extend to the community as a whole because are not 'queen bees' who exist separately.
But in the face of the sharp
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Labour victory and dominate conference
the high vote for Labour Students Alliance (SSA) can