The meeting decided upon a course of selective school strikes beginning on + November. Bernard Regan-a London teacher-brielly addressed the meeting telling them about last summer's London teachers strikes. His remark: "What Scotland has done today, England and Wales must do tomorrow was warmly received by the sudjence.
The militant mass movement of the teachers has had its cffects on the EIS. EIS vice-President Brough speaking in Alness suid: "Teachers need at least E15 a week extra to maintann their living standards, Although the EIS lenders make speeches about their members needing the E15, they have taken no action to get it. At the meeting of the Scottish Teachers Salthe Scottish Education Department told the ElS that any offers would have to be referred to Willie Ross, Secretary of State for Scotland, The spineless E15 have now given Ross anotber 48 hours to make up his mind about the offer.
Only it Rows turns it down will the EIS go ahead with its proposed