county. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE'S thriving FACE group symbolises the power of the campaign.
We have well experienced trade union activists, angry teachers, school surveyors, riled parents who've never previously been 'political', hacked off governors, schoolkids and more!
Holding regular fortnightly organising meetings of 30-plus people we sent five coaches to the national demonstration; have held four large public meetinas in Nottingham and Mansfield: run regular citycentre campaign stalls, collected over 10,000 signatures for a petition; help to set up school and area-based FACE meetings and distributed letters. information packs and bulletins to every school in the Perhaps our active support of the NUT's day of action was more important, marching alongside teachers to join a rally of 3,000 outside the County Hall.
Our group makes the links between these education cuts and the Tory attacks on vulnerable people cared for through social services and the working class generally through the NHS.
Therefore we play a key role in building the Notts Welfare State Network demonstration on June 3 in Nottingham.
On May 20 a union-sponsored Notts FACE conference will have practical workshops and discuss how to continue building the pressure.
• For information ohone Sal on (0115) 9626298 or Sarah-Laugh on (0115) 9654428. Sal Morawetz, a UNISON steward and FACE organising committee member, writes in a personal capacity. ment was the trajectory of the ence was unrepresentative of teacher comrades of the So- classroom teachers - as if he cialist Workers Party (SWP). had taught a lesson for decades!
The SWP have been members of the STA for a decade. will be working with all those Their organisation has now who wish to see the NUT conmade a serious sectarian turn ference policies turned into (see book review page 13).
reality. Platform against cuts SUE LISTER, national chair of FACE (right) and Jill Mountford (above), Secretary of the Welfare State Network, were among the platform speakers at the April 8 conference of the Network. Over 200 attended the conference, held in London, which centred on fighting cuts in the NHS, education and pensions.
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