Winning in the Workplace

As stress, workload and infection rates rise, we say: “If it’s not safe, call on your union to escalate!”

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.

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.