On Tuesday the headteacher at Dumfries High School was given a last chance by both EIS & SSTA reps to reconsider his decision to bring in S5 & S6 on the strike day. We informed all staff that we had done so. He responded by reiterating his previous decision. He said he was acting "in the interests of the pupils". The other 3 secondaries in Dumfries were completely closed to pupils. He was annoyed by the local agreement we have with UNISON and UNITE.
The 7th James Keir Hardie Memorial Lecture took place on 16 September in Keir Hardie's home town of Cumnock. Clare Short MP was the main speaker and the Rev Jason Boyd was guest speaker. The event is organised by local socialists in Solidarity and other parties. Previous speaker's at the memorial are George Galloway, Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne.
South of Scotland Solidarity have demanded to see the contracts for all PFI projects in the region.
Tha party launched a national drive following Information Comissioner Kevin Dunion's ruling on Lothian NHS' contract with Consort Healthcare.
Rosemary Byrne said:
“If we need to, we will issue FOI requests for every contract, one by one, however, we believe that this decision means that there is now no reason for NHS Trusts and other public bodies not to include the details of all PFI contracts in annual reports, and to immediately make details of existing contracts publicly available. Alex Salmond should order all of Scotland’s public bodies to open the books now.”
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