Fred Jarvis - in a class of his own

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FRED JARVIS, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers has never been a Toacher, ror which genera tons of schoolkids can be duly grateful.

Ir would not have been very pican 1о s as a classroom presided over by Mr. Jarvis, for obsessed by does not like those who break his rales, he gets very anyone challenges his authority:

In the past he has suspended teachers at Little Illord School, London who darod to take strike action against the cuts without SILE PRODUCTION WORKERS AT Southalls sanitary discipline. He angry Tyndale reachers.

The letter getting his approval. Now he has LUTHEN MS SECTION CHA paign within the NUT to defend the teachers of William Tyndale who bave been suspended from their jols he the local educatior authority for taking srike so With cuts in education continuing, with thousands of teachers on the dole. Jarvin has found time to circulate a lenier to a group of teachers who signed a circular calling for strike action on 23 Vas in delence or 1e whom it is addressed of Rule 8 of breaks Rule 8. official strike action. lL argues Tyndato teachers answer the cell by London NUPE for actlon against the cute on 11 May mainly Aslans have been chucked but of the TEWU and lorced to ramal that the supasted 25 May action i in breach of this rule and 'n deliance of a decision of the Executiveof the Union'.

Jarvis continues, "I must therelore mistruck you tornal le withdraw your support for the SA CHIC, MCHARCON' 19 May and continues "1 also those to whom the statement has OTTLE SICODE YOUr CLION Finally Jarvis talks of the of action you have token' encloses Appendix V of the rule book which threatens expulsion from the NUT of anyone who Trade union hureaucrals never like unofficial strike action. Rec cotly, as with the Leyland tool room strike, union leaderships have even sanctioned the break. ing of such strikes. But only very rarely does a general secretary ubion for simply calling for depths to which Fred Jarvis has Tyndale issue which raises the whole right to strike officially or unofficially, in the first place With union leaders like that the Tories now in control of local education authorities could fee that they can sleep peacefully ДЕНЕКЯ!

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