Pay freeze threat must be answered with co-ordinated action
So as a big ‘thank you’ for all we’ve done in the pandemic, Rishi Sunak has decided on our reward – a three year pay freeze. But the key question for the NEU and other public sector unions is, how do we answer this attack?
NEU Executive votes down call for union-wide ballot
Simply concluding that ‘there’s no mood’ leaves us exactly where we are now. Our demands will continue to be ignored. The NEU needs to build and lead struggle as a National Union
Little Ilford School strikes against more expansion
A huge picket line, 50 strong, launched the strike against forced expansion of Little Ilford School on Thursday 12 November.
Time to Ballot for Industrial Action
A lockdown that doesn’t include schools? This time, we can’t let them ignore us, this time we need to ballot for union-wide action.
Escalation to higher tier requires escalation to strike ballot
The “Covid consensus” is finally starting to crumble. At last some opposition politicians are starting to speak out clearly about the woeful failure of the Tory Government to control the spread of the virus. But words alone can be ignored. So now it’s time for the NEU to back up words with action and call strike ballots in the worst affected areas.
If your school’s not safe, escalate!
As stress, workload and infection rates rise, we say: “If it’s not safe, call on your union to escalate!”
NEU Special Conference Report – by a first time Delegate
A Special Conference of the NEU took place on Saturday via “Zoom”. A first-time delegate gives their impression of what was debated – and what was not.
Lessons from the exams fiasco
The enforced government U-turns over the grading of this summer’s school exams has shone a spotlight on the inbuilt class inequality inherent in education under capitalism. But what place would exams have in a socialist curriculum?
Covid test breakdown further worsens pressures on schools
“To expect me to run a school when we just cannot get tests is impossible”.
A Headteacher of a large primary school explains the growing pressures facing schools.