[sell-out NUT leaders in Nottingham appear to be…]
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sell-out NUT leaders in Nottingham appear to be attempting what must be one of the most despicable sell-outs ever.
Last December Nottingham sacked dozens of its nursery ¡nurses, leaving very large nursery classes staffed only by a teacher and one assistant.
One teacher Eileen Crosbie of the Robert Mellors School in Arnold, retused to take a class of 40 children under these conditions and was suspended. The authority put a probationer in her place.
The seven other teachers in the school came out on strike and the parents boycotted the nursery. The NUT in Nottingham held an official half-day striké in protest.
But now, with Mrs Crosbie still suspended, the NUT leadership has sent the other teachers in the school back to work, and is negotiating with the Council to reduce the number of children to 26-to comply with the DES 1: 13 ratio!
In this conspiracy to carry through the cuts they have the full support of NUPE and NALGO leaders who sat back in the autumn and did nothing to prevent the wholesale sacking of their members.
Nottingham teachers must show their solidarity with Mrs Crosbie and press for all-out strike action until she and the sacked nursery assistant are reinstated, and nursery and education facilities defended.
• IS IT LEN MURRAY SAYING THAT T.U.C. IS AT BREAKING POINT?..
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