Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 00:51:03 +0000
Subject: M-G: Re: M-I: Sweden--Moral and political dilemma!


>Bob, 
For what its worth I think you made the right decision about the job 
or non-job rather.  I think the principle of not scabbing on workers 
and fighting for real jobs or full pay for the unemployed is more 
important than the high pay of the teachers or the opportunity to 
politicise the kids about Bougainville. By sticking to that principle 
I think you also showed the teachers how to fight - unite with the 
unemployed and all workers on our terms, not the bosses/state terms.
 Sooner or later the teachers will have to unite with other workers 
to survive the cuts in education. The sooner the better.  In NZ teachers 
have been hit hard and are learning the meaning of trade union solidarity. 
As for Bougainville, you could always offer to give talks to the kids 
during the teachers' stopwork meetings. That way youd get to meet 
some of the parents too no doubt when their kids come home and say 
mommy/daddy  guess what we learned at school today?   

Dave.


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