Nurseries Conference
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Over 50 delegates attended the Oxford ence on the TUC Charter for the Under Fives on Sunday 8 July.
The conference drew out the strengths of the Charter but also highlighted its complete avoidance of the cuts The history of the Oxford City Nursery Campaign and its occupation of a closed nursery class last year was discussed in detail as pointing a way forward in fighting the cuts.
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Notable by their absence were the right wing leadership of, Oxford Trades Council, and County Councillor Olive Gibbs, who had promisea to speak. promised to speak.
Clearly they knew that their purely verbal support for nurseries would be mercilessly exposed by a conference that was eager to hammer out policies that would actually smash the cuts.
In addition to approving detailed resolution on extending nursery facilities and fighting the cuts the conference agreed to initiate campaigns to unionise nursery nurses and childminders; to produce a full conference report for union branches; and to make contact with Trades Councils and 'unions in Clwyd where the entire nursery service of 52 classes is to be closed down.
A full report with the text of the resolution will appear in next week's socialist Press. Socialist Press.
rike ma out but linger GARNERS BENEFIT Sunday July 22 The Roebuck Tottenham Ct. Rd 7.30 p.m.
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