
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.
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.
STAFF HAVE RETURNED to school wanting to do the best for their students. But schools’ responsibilities for education and welfare also extend to safety – for children, for families, and certainly to their staff.
Socialist Party members played an important part in building the Day of Action organised on 21st August to highlight the need for a safe return to school in September.
For a fighting, democratic UNISON general secretary, on a workers’ wage!
Reverse all Education privatisation: Academies back to Local Authorities; full funding for FE & HE!
Against the backdrop of mass anti-racist protests and growing anger against inequality, the Tories have made another u-turn. This time over taking free school meal vouchers away from poor children during the summer holidays.
School staff are in the front line of the government’s unsafe back-to-work strategy. The following three-page feature shows how they are organising and fighting for safety together with parents and local communities.
It’s a scandal that 10% of teachers are leaving the profession every year – but it also exposes the failure of the NEU, and the other education unions, to take advantage of the shortage of experienced staff to organise to win real gains for members.
Newham NEU victories over academisation show that, if you fight, you can win!
We’ve won. But the fight is far from over. St Angela’s school in Newham, east London, won’t become a privately run academy. Privatisation has been
At a time of a growing school funding crisis the recent victory at Southampton’s Valentine Primary, which won a two-year freeze on budget cuts through an injection of £1.6 million by Southampton council, is an important example of what can be achieved.