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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

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Red Weekly No. 79, 5 December 1974 · p. 12 of the scan · 247 words

The scan: rw-no79-dec-5-1974.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 12 of the scan

FOREIGN: Group has called for all-out, fhe-day a woek strike actien to begin from Monday. 2 December.

The Educational Institute of Scotland. Teachers union, has also called for a total Scottish stoppage from Tuesday to Thurs day, 3-5 December The Scottish Secondary School Teachers' Association has also called its membars out on Wednesday, 4 December Teachers are incensed at the derisory offer from the Houghton Committee of a E100 interim payment. This is being capitalised on by the Scottish Nationalist Party and has caused consternation in Labour Party ranks in Scotland.

In Edinburgh local councitiors are pressing for the Education Committee to pay out an extra month's salary to local teachers to save Labour's bacon.

The East of Scotland Action Commit tee has demanded the reinstatement of last year's education cuts and called for a fight by all teachars to make the British State pay the full cost of runwing the education system.

Militancy will remains high but the refusal of the unions to make an alf-out strike calf is failing to take advantage of Meanwhile, the State is trying to move in on the dispute. Mombors of the press told teachers at a lobby of the Scottish Teachers' Salary Committen that the Special Branch wore present. The Spaciel Branch had turned up as bogus pries Weekly!

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182 Pentonville Road, London N.1., England

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