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As the Labour government's spending cuts begin really to bite in every area, resistance is intensifying.
In Oxfordshire, the severity of the latest proposed cuts in education spending by the County Council has at last forced even the right-wing local NUT leadership to take a stand.
As outlined in the last issue of Socialist Press the Tory Council is proposing cutting £5 million off the budget, £3¼ million of which will come off the education budget, causing 500 of the county's 5,000 teachers to be sacked.
Alongside this is planned massive cuts in part-time teaching and anciliary staff, and a 20% reduction in the capitation allowance for books and equipment.
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These proposals have been passed by the Council's newly formed cuts body - the Policy and • Resources Committee - two weeks ago and are due to be ratified by the full Council on Tuesday September 21st.
After their betrayals of the last year, in which they allowed tin million of cuts in equipment, building, the 'rising 5's' decision (by which young children have lost at least one terms schoolian) together with sackings and redeployment of part time teachers and anciliary staff, the NUT leadership were at last forced by these new attacks to call for action.
They immediately contacted the Union's National Executive for permission to call a half day strike to lobby the Council meeting.
This call has met with a massive response from union members and has been supported by other teaching unions"- even including head teachers - and other local govern: ment employee unions.
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