Low pay
This move by the Glasgow teachers sparked off a response on the East coast of Scotland On the East coast conditions are not as bad as in the West, but low pay is an expiosive issue, An Fast of Scotland Action Committee was set up and a campaim begun for the C15 a week increase.
Edinburgh teachers played a big Tole in drawing together the two Action Commitrees as they wanted lo set up an all-Scotland Action Committer composed of representatives clected on the basis of one for each 15 schools.
On Wednesday 23 October the all-Scotland Action Connaittee was proposed at a meeting in CuinherRed Weekly 31 October 1974
Investigation
ation won't be resolved just through the pay struggle. The Conservative Government's £182 million cuts savaşely affected Scotland. The C30 million restored by Labour s a drop in the occan in the present context of inflation.
tigation into the needs of the Scottish quiry must he conducted b those people working in that area in conjunction with other trade unionists and workers concerned with the present state of Scotrish educat.on, The problems of Scottish co-ordinof militancyWhat is needed is a fullscale inves Such un enHow widespread have the unofficial strikes been and what lies behind GA. The at two one day strikes saw co 4000 teachers out from 300 schools Plac ands 1 saw carried al a demonstration of 2000 teachers in Glasgow last Thursday explain graphically why this happened 'No Social Con-trick -a tiving wage now" and An end to cheap teachors-L15 Repeated cuts in education have led to a policy ol education on the cheap with teachers bearing the burden of this cost cutting in the foro of low salaries. Pupils and teachers alike suller fron deplora bie working conditions The crisis of social capenditure is particulany acule in the Rest bE Scot land where classes and conditions aro the worst in Britain. It was a government threat to cut the salaries of tcachors workcons that sparken our toe corror manc What enabled the pent-up frustra tions of teachers to be organised in such efficient strike action! GK: Two things: a fat care clawn which unified teachers across the different sal Lary scaleyand action organised via dem octatically elected strike committees In the East of Scocland delegates are subject to instant recall, They are elect ed from schools fo an action committee which takes day-to-day tactical decisions Уся ТоРогЕ васк то тле залос сесIsions takeo and if schools disagree they replace their delegates Simslarly the co-ordinating committee of the sebool action committee is elected trom the mass snooline of all teachers and is re-elected at every meeting The Wrest of Scotland action group has a different system whereby dele gates are mandated from the schools and have to go back to the schools to ect a fresh mandate on cach question process of reaching decisions somewhal Now, so IMG leacbors in the West have been arguing for a change to the Fast of Scotland system. Wo have also been calling for the farmation of an all-Scor land Action Committee to co-crdinate action on an all-Scottish hasis What is the next step in your opinion?
PT Willie Ross, the Sacrolary of Scate Jo Scotland, has intervened in the salaries Bot ous to sop do amaculate set cramcat is holding out on a setlement. as with the other unofficial strikes.
pay will he thraugh all our indefinite strike. Any turther one-day strikes, ur a long period of area rotation strikes, will only frustrate teachers and low