Figures collected by the National Union of Teachers show that there are already at least 4,000 teachers unemployed. Estimates for next year range from 8,000 to as many as 19,000! Yet despite being forced to take some faltering steps in the right direction, the position of the NUT leadership -of its General Secretary, Fred Jarvis — is that the union is not looking for a fight' What the NUT Executive has done is to promise support for any refusal to cover for staff absent for more than three days. But although this is a step forward, the conditions which have to be satisified before this sanction can be applied rule out any action in traditionally militant areas such as London. The Inner London Education Authority, for instance, will argue that it is not reducing its staffing standards as a matter of budgetary policy (one of the conditions) but because of falling school rolls - with the result that 500 fewer teachers will be employed in the New Year. in the words where it belongs -Wilson Governmentmust pay for the crisis. hoped to win. sizes and improve conditions in schools. An effective fight in defence of educ-
Red Weekly1975Red Weekly No. 128, 4 December 1975
TEACHERS - STOP
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