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STATE EDUCATION CONDEM-ED - SWEEPING CUTS, DAMAGING CHANGES
On the weekend of 17-18 July the annual festival of trade unions was held at Tolpuddle, Dorset to commemorate the 'Tolpuddle Martyrs', a group of farm labourers who were sentenced to transportation to Australia in 1834 for forming a trade union. The struggle to release them marked the beginning of free trade unions in this country and is celebrated every year. This is a freedom now under threat.
Andy Woolley, NUT Regional Secretary for the South West, wrote a leaflet for the thousands of people who attended the festival outlining the issues facing teachers. It is worth reading because it summarises the situation we are in.
PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS MEET TO PLAN CAMPAIGN
Over a hundred representatives of the public sector trade unions have met to plan the campaign against the cuts.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE CUTS
Campaign posters against the cuts and privatisation are available for download on the Campaigns page of this website.
