STEVE FAULKNER (President, Northern Counties College of Education, Newcastle, and Vice-Chairperson, Tyne-Wear Area NUS):
*If we want fighting student-worker unity then we have to move into action with those workers fighting the Government's attack, those lobbying the TUC on 16 June. Yet we've had people here today arguing against a mass demonstration outside the TUC because that will embarrass Len Murray and company. Well, if we want jobs we're going to have to do a lot more than "embarrass" these people! The Labour Government has responded to the demands of student teachers. They have told the students to look for other jobs, as they too have to make sacrifices in the present situation. Some MP. have suggested retirement at 50. Willie Hamilton has even come up with the idea that all married women teachers should be given the sack to make way for college leavers!
Common to all these 'suggestions' is the attempt by the Government to set Duleine workers. collece leavers acainst school leavers, men against women, and above all those that have jobs against those who have not.
Manchester on Saturday decided to centre students' activity around the lobby on To June or me we soecial conrerence Students will urge trade unionists to support the fight against the cuts and for the right to work. The conference showed that students are not going to unemployed teachers against unemployed The national delegate conference at allow the Government to isolate them ment, which has given them so much support in their fight for jobs.
The way to build this lobby is to turn every occupation into a centre of committees must de electec trom mass meetings, and we snould urge trade union ists in the colleges to do likewise. From the occupations we should go out to the Cont. on back of pull-out COLIN TALBOT (Manchester University and Manchester. Area NUS):
If the NUT and TUC policy on class sizes was implemented it would end teacher unemployment. Yet there is not a word in the resolution being put forward by the NUS Execu tive about the NUT I think this also relates to the Executive's call for a national demon stration the day before the lobby of the TUC. We want a fighting unity with the unions, not paper unity. Those people prepared to fight unemployment and the cuts are going to be on the lobby of the TUC on 16 June. That's where we should be.
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