Reports
Birmingham Left Unity organises protest in support of refuse workers’ strike
Bob Whitehead reports Read more »
Leeds Rail Guards Striking for Our Safety
Support the Guards and oppose cuts that put lives at risk, says Nick Jones from Leeds Left Unity Read more »
Boycott the Ritzy
Richard Farnos reports Read more »
Never Again! – 50 years since the Greek military coup
On Friday 28 April, almost 100 activists and veterans gathered at the Unite the Union London headquarters to remember the events 50 years ago when Greek democracy was again overturned by a ruthless military junta. Read more »
Lambeth libraries: Occupation puts council on the back-foot
Stuart King reports on the recent Lambeth Library occupation In mid April, shortly after a 10-day occupation of the Carnegie library in Lambeth, the first cracks appeared in the monolithic Progress run council in Lambeth. Councillor Rachel Heywood issued an open letter entitled “Why I broke ranks” referring to the fact that she marched with […] Read more »
Carnegie Library Occupation [Days 3-7]
Stuart King gives us a first hand account of the on-going occupation of the Carnegie library in Lambeth. The local council want ot close the library and re-open it with a private gym. DAY 3 – SATURDAY The occupation gives an interview with London Live TV at 9.00am. We got a mention in the Bookseller. […] Read more »
Lambeth library occupied to prevent closure
Stuart King reports from the occupation of the Carnegie Library in Lambeth which faced imminent closure by the local council. Lambeth council had planned to lock the doors of Carnegie Library to the public at 6.00.pm on Thursday night. Instead library users refused to leave and vowed to keep the library in the hands of […] Read more »
NUT conference report
Inbar Tamari reports from NUT conference In the last two days of conference the union debates and reached important decisions regarding funding education and implementing policies in and out of the union. Inclusion and funding Conference noted how changes in government led to inclusion from being the norm for educating learners with special educational needs […] Read more »
We won’t let children fail
Nick Jones from Leeds NUT reports on conference decisions The NUT voted overwhelmingly to boycott the ill-conceived new literacy and numeracy tests. The standards of children in year 6 (10-11 years) has risen so high that many will fail. The new tests have been brought in with little of or no guidance to assist teachers […] Read more »
No to Forced Academisation
Nick Jones from Leeds NUT reports on the struggle against forced academy status for schools Teachers were cheered to hear the permanently bewildered Education Secretary Nicky Morgan heckled and ridiculed at the NASUWT teacher conference. This government is woefully out of touch and educationally illiterate. The National Union of teachers has voted for a mass […] Read more »
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