The meeting is on Saturday, February 1st, from 11am at Leicester Adult Education College, Wellington Street Leicester LE1 6HL. It will be a vital Conference to discuss the plans to build a clear strategy to defeat Gove's attacks on pay, pensions and conditions.
We will be meeting right after the next NUT National Executive meeting on Thursday. Let's hope that, after that NEC, we will then have a firm date for the next strike action that we can build for. However, LANAC has consistently argued that the decisions shouldn’t just be about the next action date but should also map out a calendar of action that can show both Michael Gove and our members that we have a serious strategy to defeat these attacks.
Four different motions are published on the LANAC website, but this is the motion entitled 'Escalation to Win':
LANAC:
1)
Restates our
determination to do everything we can to build the strongest possible action to
defeat the attacks on teachers pay, pensions and conditions.
2)
Congratulates the NUT
and NASUWT members who strongly supported the regional strike actions in June
and October 2013 and urges teachers to build the further campaign of action
necessary if we are to reverse the attacks we face.
3)
Recognises that
confidence built through those regional strikes may have been damaged by the
postponement of the strike action promised, firstly, in November, and then by
the further delay beyond the announced deadline of February 13.
4)
Congratulates those
members of the NUT National Executive who opposed those delays and called for
the NUT action to proceed, with the NUT continuing to invite the NASUWT to
reconsider their opposition and continue joint strike action.
5)
Recognises the
advantages of joint action but also the dangers in allowing the outlook of
another union’s leadership to set the agenda for the campaign. LANAC calls on
NASUWT members to demand their Union takes joint action with the NUT.
6)
Believes that it was a
mistake for the Unions to claim that they has won an offer of ‘genuine
dialogue’ with Michael Gove when he had consistently made clear that he had no
intention of offering genuine talks to try and resolve our dispute.
7)
Believes that to build
firm support for action, and to answer any confusion that the delays and
mistaken claims of ‘talks’ may have created, it is now even more important for
the NUT to demonstrate to members – and to the Government – that it is
implementing an action strategy that is strong enough to force Gove into
genuine negotiations and for the Government to retreat from its attacks.
8)
Calls for the NUT to
adopt a strategy that includes:
a)
A calendar of ongoing national
action – not just isolated strike days
b)
Escalation from one to
two-day action – warning Gove that more could follow
c)
Collections for
hardship funds to allow maximum participation in strike action
d)
Co-ordinating action
with other unions, including, if they are willing, the NASUWT
e)
A national work-to-rule
to resist any attempt to worsen conditions
f)
A public campaign to build
support for our action and to defend education
9) Calls on the NUT to promote much clearer objectives for the campaign so that teachers know the goals that we are aiming to achieve through taking action.
10) Finally, recognising the urgent need for wider debate about the Union’s strategy, and the support that was shown for the candidate supported by LANAC for NUT Vice-President, LANAC agrees to also back candidates in the NUT General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary elections and to call on NUT Local Associations to nominate those candidates and to campaign in their support
9) Calls on the NUT to promote much clearer objectives for the campaign so that teachers know the goals that we are aiming to achieve through taking action.
10) Finally, recognising the urgent need for wider debate about the Union’s strategy, and the support that was shown for the candidate supported by LANAC for NUT Vice-President, LANAC agrees to also back candidates in the NUT General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary elections and to call on NUT Local Associations to nominate those candidates and to campaign in their support
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