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Lecturers, students and public sectorunions unite!

DEFEND POST-16 EDUCATIONWHATEVER IT TAKES!!

Socialist Party members in the

University and College Union

(UCU) fully support the national

demonstration organised jointly by the

University and College Union and theNational Union of Students. This is an

excellent step forward in the battle to

defend universities and colleges from

the onslaught planned by the ConDem

government.

ATTACKS ON UCU MEMBERS

Cuts to universities and colleges are

proposed that are the most viscous of any

previous government including Thatcher!

There is no doubt that in practice this means

the planned privatisation of the university

sector!! So, while students face massivefees increases, reduced contact hours

and poorer resources, staff face attacks

on jobs, pensions, workloads and pay. For

university and college staff, the pensions

issue has incensed all union members,

threatening currently to devastate the

Universities Superannuation Scheme.

And all this because we are asked to

pay for a crisis caused by the greed and

recklessness of bankers and the rich!

Whilst the Labour Partys only answer is

to do the same as the Tories and Liberals,

but slightly slower!!

UCU ACTION NEEDED TO

DEFEND JOBS AND PENSIONS

UCU needs to ensure that national action is

taken over jobs, pensions and privatisation,

to protect a system of education and

research that it took centuries to build up

and which, through public funding, was

able to enhance the lives of thousands.

If a national strike against job losses

contravenes the viscious anti-trade union

laws then each university and college

should ballot for action on the same day.

Such action could defeat the employers.

OPPOSE THE

INCREASE IN TUITION FEES

For all the election promises of the Lib

Dems to oppose tuition fee increases, they

have now embraced the Tory agenda with

plans to allow 9,000 per year tuition fees

for undergraduate courses - 27,000 for

a 3 year degree course! On this basis not

only will working class students be barred

entirely from the elite Russell Group of

universities, but the daughters and sons

of professional workers and the better

paid will not be able to afford this - or

at least face massive debts for years tocome. Disgracefully, post-graduate and

non- European students are likely to pay

even more.

BUILD LINKS WITH

ANTI-CUTS CAMPAIGNS

UCU and NUS need to build links with local

and national anti-cuts campaigns and

other TUC-affiliated unions To demand the

complete abolition of fees and enhanced

public funding for teaching and research -

demands that could win wide support.

Defend universities and FE Colleges

agaisnt Con-Dem cuts

No to privatisation of the university

sector

Defend our jobs, pensions and pay with

national strike action if necessary.

No to tuition fees.

Defend the Education Mainetnance

Allowance (EMA) for 16 - 18 year olds.

Where next for the fight against

fees and cuts?

JOIN US TO DEBATE THE WAY

FORWARD AFTER THE DEMO

Speakers include:

Dave Beale, Manchester Uni UCU

(personal capacity)

Ben Robinson, Youth Fight for Jobs

Claire Laker, Socialist Students

MEETING TODAY, 2:30PM

The Jugged Hare Pub (meeting room

upstairs), 172 Vauxhall Bridge Road,

Greater London SW1V 1DX

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Back the PCSs fight for a national

demo in 2010

Build the anti-cuts movement

The PCS NEC has published its

response to the Comprehensive

Spending Review. In it they express

their determination that a national demo

against cuts be called before Christmas,

saying:

The TUC has now confirmed 26

March 2011 as the date for a national

demonstration against the Coalition

Governments agenda of cuts and

privatisation.

PCS had argued strongly for an earlier

national demonstration to coincide with

the CSR. Despite that not being agreed,

PCS members played an active role in

the success of local demonstrations on

23 October across the UK, including in

Edinburgh, London, Cardiff, Wrexham,

Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield, York, Cambridge,

Norwich and elsewhere.

At its special meeting on 26 October, the

NEC agreed, given the speed with which

the Governments cuts will impact and the

success of the 23 October marches and

protests, that a national demonstration

should be held this year in late November

or early December, in addition to the demo

next March. We will be discussing this

with other unions and will propose at the

TUC Public Sector Liaison Group meeting

on 8 November that the TUC call such a

demonstration.

A further branch briefing will follow,

once the date is agreed for this earlier

demonstration.

The Socialist Party welcomes the PCSs

decision and is confident that such a

demonstration will receive widespread

support from across the trade union

movement. The National Shop

Stewards Network

which lobbied

the TUC Congress

supporting the

PCSs call for a

national demo

and then helped

initiate the Londond e m o n s t r a t i o n

and others on 23

October will have an important role to play

in building support for a demonstration.

Nothing will be finalised before the TUC

Public Services Liaison Group on 8

November. However, the Socialist Party is

confident the PCS and other unions are

determined that a national demonstration

against cuts and youth unemployment will

take place this year.

The Socialist Party appeals to all trade

union branches to pass the motion below

appealing to their trade union executives

and the TUC general council to support the

PCSs call for a demonstration.

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LDEMONSTRATIONIN

2010

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n)

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kplace,campaign)

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usteritypackage

demandedbythismillionaireCon-Demg

overnment.

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uts

doublingofstudentfees

drasticcutstowelfarebenefits

increasingthepensionageto66a

ndbeyond.

massprivatisationofservices

Webelievethatthesecutswillonlybede

featedbypower-

fulunitedactionledbythetradeunions,

andbackedup

togetherwithcampaignsofserviceusers

,welfareclaimants,

students,pensionersandothers.

TheTUCgeneralcouncilmetonthedayO

sborneannounced

theslaughterofpublicservicesandagre

edtocallanational

demoinMarch2011.

Thisdoesn'tshowtheurgencynecessarygiventhescaleand

depthoftheattacks.

WethereforecallonourNationalExecuti

veCommittee(or

appropriatenationalbody)tocallaneme

rgencymeeting

immediately,tocontactthePCSandother

tradeunionsto

coordinatethecallingofanationaldemo

nstrationbefore

Xmasandtodiscussasuitabledateforjo

intaction.