Teachers at Newham Sixth Form college in east London are continuing their strike against overwork, management bullying, and academisation. Meanwhile, students are mobilising in support of staff. We must build the fightback to defend education.
NEU members have gone on strike at Newham Sixth Form College to combat bullying, increased workload, and academisation. More widely, the NEU is consulting on national action for increased pay. Militant action, combined with student solidarity is the way forward.
The virus is rampaging through schools, with the government turning a blind eye to concerns over health and safety. The Tories don’t care about children’s education, but only about the bosses’ profits. We must fight to put workers in control.
Pupils across England are returning to school today, as the government ignores the warnings of teachers and scientific advisors. We cannot trust the Tories with children’s health and education. Instead, we need to put workers in control.
The bosses are clamoring to know when schools will reopen, so that parents can return to work. It is teachers, not the Tories, who care about the safety and education of children. This is why we need to put workers in control.
Since the start of the pandemic, the Tories have ignored teachers regarding making schools safe, instead pushing to open schools in the interests of the bosses’ profits. Now the teachers have forced a retreat, thanks to mass militant action.
Thanks to their firm and determined stance, the National Education Union has seen a surge in membership. Now teachers are organising to fight for safe schools and to overturn the rigged education system.
As schools reopen after the summer holidays, staff and students are anxious about the lack of planning or direction from the Tory government. To ensure safety and provide proper education, teachers should be given control.
Teaching unions have forced the government to U-turn on their reckless plan to reopen schools. The labour movement must remain vigilant, and fight to ensure schools are safe to return to in September.
In our latest episode of Marxist Voice, we’re joined by Natasha Sorrell – an activist with the National Education Union – to discuss the current war being waged against teachers by the Tories and the right-wing press.
Scott Shaw from Sheffield NUT discusses the key issues on the agenda at this year’s national conference of the teaching union. With schools under attack from the Tories, there will be a real mood of anger amongst delegates.
Staff and students at Stoke Newington school in Hackney, London, were united on the picket line yesterday, as teachers in the NUT went on a day’s strike in protest against proposed cuts at the school. With a weak, chaotic Tory government in Westminster, now is the time for all unions to go on the offensive against austerity.