Nursery fight aims at abour movement

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NEWS After nearly six weeks of occupation of the South Oxford nursery class, and a further seven weeks of running a 'Nursery in Exile' as a focus for the fight against the cuts, the Oxford Nursery Campaign has WORKERS LEA Nursery decided to close the class and concentrate efforts on the struggle within the unions and the Labour At a meeting last week it was agreed that simply to continue the class, staffed by volunteer labour, would amount to doing the job which should properly be done and financed by the Council.

The fight against the cuts in Oxford has certainly been sharpened enormously by the action around the nursery, which also provided a national focus for discussion on the fight for occupations against the cuts at a rally three weeks ago.

central in a statement issued to the press announcing the closure of the class and the continuation of the fight the Campaign stresses the fact that:

"The key to victory in fighting the cuts is action, not just token support. The history of our campaign so far points to the absolute centrality of occupation and strike action in defence of nurseries, schools, hospitals and the social services generally"

It is this message, linked to the demand for the opening of the books of the social services to elected trade union committees, to expose the profiteering and waste involved in a state system serviced and milked by private companies and the banks, that will be rammed home in the labour movement as the campaign goes on.