Nut Motions
Socialist Press1977 1977-02-02Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 10 →
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Key demands include: No sackings; work sharing on tull pay; strike action and unconditional support for occupations of hospital buildings; and sliding scales of NHS expenditure and pay based on labour movement assessments of the effects of inflation.
A proposed constitution for an all-London Shop Stewards Committee with a full conference every three months, is also being circulated. Health Service JSSC's and trade union branches have been invited to submit alternative resolutions or amendments.
Further details of this important conference, which will be held from 2pm to 6pm on Wednesday 23rd February at Bonham-Carter House, 52, Gower St., London WCI, can obtained from Terry Prosper, Secretary, South Camden JSSC, University College Hospital, Gower Street. London WCI.
The rising militancy of NUT associations is reflected in the motions submitted to Conference.
Many associations have called for the rescinding of Rule 8, the disciplinary change sneaked into last year's conference which allows the Executive to suspend and expel members who really want to fight the cuts.
Many motions on salaries reject the Social Contract and any incomes policy and motion 174 also calls correctly for "inflation proofing by automatic rises to compensate for increases in the cost of living"" • (proposed by East London and Croydon).
Several motions express their opposition to the government expenditure cuts and call for the restoration of all social services and full employment for all teachers.
Motion 75 from Haringey also instructs the Executive to ballot for strike action to achieve these demands.
The disgraceful situation of not allowing unemployed teachers to have full union rights is also taken up in a number of motions.
Motions in the section on racialism call for the exclusion of members of the National Front and the National Party from the Union.
Westminster and Greenwich propose that the Union affiliate to the Labour Party.
This would be an important step in allowing union members to play their full part in fighting the anti-working class policies of the Labour government and for the removal of the right wing.
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