Monthly Archives: April 2018

Weds 2nd May from 5pm. Hot food provided. Speakers on Housing, UCU FE and HE strikes as well as a conference report and reports from schools. Call 07983475050 if you have trouble getting into the building Michael Meeting at new … Continue reading →

Brixton Respects, Brixton protects Solidarity Rally with the Windrush generation and their families. Speakers from the community, trade unions and local councillors Windrush Square Brixton, Friday, 20th April 5pm-7pm Join us in the place that celebrates the remarkable contribution of … Continue reading →

Workers at Dacorum Council in Hertfordshire are in dispute with their employer and are set to ramp up the pressure with more strikes in the coming weeks if the employer doesn’t give way. Last year the Tory controlled Council ditched … Continue reading →

Schools strike in Newham and Waltham Forest • Newham – Avenue primary are on strike over Academisation this Tues, wed and Thurs then one the same three days on the following two weeks and Cumberland is on strike Wed and … Continue reading →

An interesting conference with lots of interesting motions on topics such as: pay/housing, workload, excessive CEO pay in academies, the hijab in schools, curriculum, sexism, teacher and pupil well-being and baseline testing: *Academies/privatisation – conference noted from the recent victories … Continue reading →

  Kevin Courtney, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, addressed the organisation’s last ever conference in Brighton this afternoon. Here’s what he said…   President, Conference I think that short video is such a good example of … Continue reading →

Campaigning points from NUT Conference   PAY Lobby DfE for removal of Paragraph 51.7 of STPCD, which covers additional working hours. Regional briefings in the summer term to outline the case for our pay claim and need for action Local … Continue reading →