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the booklet for the conference on 5 July being called by the London Nursery Campaign to form a National Childcare Campaign.
An emergency resolution was passed by the Conference to demand the reinstatement of Eileen Crosbie (the sacked NUT Nottingham nursery teacher) along with adequate nursery nurses staffing and calling on the NUT to organise all out strike action in her defence and the cuts nationally.
The conference ended with a speech from nine-year old Frankie Hamilton, whose brother attended the occupied Wandsworth nursery, who has been involved in the occupation herself and actually climbed in through an open window to let her parents in. She stated why she felt it necessary to occupy the nursery and that she hoped there would be more occupations all over the country. While the Tories are in control and threaten much needed facilities with closure every day, Frankie can rest assured that there will be campaigns and occupations all over the country to defend them. However a new leadership in the working class is needed if they are not to end in defeat like the Oxford and Wandsworth occupations. Linking the struggles nationally and learning from these experiences is one way to help bring about the fight for a new leadership that will not compromise with the Tories but is prepared to fight for the independence and interests of the working class.
from page one but they have no illusions that ACAS can solve anything. Mr Klein has said that he won't abide by the ACAS ruling if it doesn't suit him and he won't talk to the strike committee or the union official, in fact he will have nothing to do with the union and says he will never have a union in his factory.
The picket line has stopped all lorries and the goods made by the factory, men's casual wear, are blacked at the Co-op, the main outlet. The Salford Trades Council have helped with picketing and put the strikers in touch with some other unions locally. They have also helped to collect finance.
To win the dispute the picketing must be stepped up and stop the boss driving his van in and out of the factory. He carries workers, cloth, finished articies and rubbish across the picket line.
The strikers are asking for help on the picket line. They want the goods, marketed under the name of Bendyk to be blacked and for financial donations to be sent to: Klein Bros. Dispute Fund, c/o John Catterall, "VOSCOP", 39 FirSt., Cadishead, Manchester.