ject by the Labour-controlled Newcastle Town Council, which has remained mate A recent "Fight the Cuts" Conferenos al Newcastle Polytecanic, sttended by a Houghton Report. projcets are launched while house building passed a resniution sapporting the strikens Their fight is not simply an anti-vietimisaTate & Lyle's pre-tax profits last year jumped by 139% to E40.8m (nevs Itam, 24 January The Special Salaries Conference of the National Union of Teachers meeting at Central Hall, Westminster on Saturday 25 January, voted by an everwhelming majority to accept the But Houghton is not just a pay adeal-its impact will be felt in the teachers unions and by the working class as a whole. A mass lobby of over 300 teachers greeted the dele gates with chants of 'Heads you win, Scales we loso -I caustic reference to the t40 for headteachers GRAVY FOR SOME Hougaton gives to the school adminisELEI trators, headteachers and deputies, nises which in many cases are greater than the The Lahour Goverument know that the crisis in oducation is going to pet worse. The aim is to get these administrator teachers to continuc to nan the schools whatever happens.
Thus will mcao loss teachers, further cut-hacks and a worsening education systein. As always se will be the working class children who will suffer the worst STRIKE The decision on Saturday represents a hiowr to the whols verkins class. because once again the prolessionalist tescher knows best' approach won the чну- commast varty да Lano Party executive members joinod Jands to urge the aopeptance of Houghton despite opposition frum a growing number of teachers, especially in London, where the revalutionary lelt lod a strike of over SUU LEEUTS The strikers on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a resolation moved by Intemarional Marist Group mrttint (which had already been adopted at the con ference beld al Hobaud Park a week PTDTClAE rESOBEM CMCE TSra rejection of Houghton and the Social Contrict, and established an April "75 Suares Canhs en Commitce to trast SINEULZTAUCS BLACAAAZRRR-CURI claim and to Ogit against the education The inporlance of the boed to pro pare for April wus brought home to teschers bf the absurdity of the Special Conference. Despite the fact that the roport will stucture loucaers pay for the next seven years, the conference lasted only 2 hous-one hour of which was taken up by Generul Secretary, Britton's roport to conforenog the other hour by four speeches for Houghton and only two against The cask now is for the Campoign Committee to draw togechor the disparate struggles which have emenged in Leicester, Liverpool anul elsewbere into a national campaien, lus task places a beavy responsihility, particularly on the sesulu tienary lett, to weld united action to tight this beerayal of the interests of the working class and uf tenchen Bemard Regan SHEFFIELD RED CIRCLES: Every