NUT and PCS call for new pension strike on 28 March
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The Executive of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), meeting on 9 February, decided to call for a new strike to defend public sector pensions on 28 March.
Education unions
Teachers must plan rolling campaign on pensions
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On 2 February over 100 National Union of Teachers branch secretaries met for a national briefing at the union’s HQ in London to discuss the next steps in the pension campaign and to consider resistance to new performance management and capability arrangements which are likely to increase workload and monitoring.
UCU suspends pension action in older universities
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The conference on 31 January of representatives of University and College Union (UCU) branches in “pre-92” (“redbrick”) institutions voted 66 to 41 in favour of suspending industrial action over the U
UCU pre-92 conf: UCU employees walk out over accusations of a scandal.
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At the pre-92 UCU conference last Tuesday a sizeable majority of delegates - 66 to 41 - voted in favour of suspending industrial action over the USS dispute.
UCU strike on edge
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The remarkable turnaround which saw the University and College Union (UCU) name 1 March as the day for further action in the Teachers Pension Scheme dispute (TPS, which covers workers in “post-92” universities and FE colleges) was won by the UCU National Executive Committee in the face of stern opposition from UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt.
Pensions: end the waiting game!
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Ealing and Kirklees are among the latest local government branches of the public services union Unison to demand a special local government conference of the union on pensions, and Oxfordshire Health branch is pushing for a special health conference.
Lecturers' union names new pensions strike date
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The Executive of the University and College Union (UCU) has called strike action over public sector pensions for Thursday 1 March.
NUT executive votes on pensions campaign
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Patrick Murphy, a Workers' Liberty member who represents West Yorkshire on the National Union of Teachers national executive, writes:
East London school strike wins concessions.
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Teachers at Langdon School in Newham, East London, voted to suspend their strike action following concessions from the school management and the council.
Reinstate Pat Markey!
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A long-serving humanities teacher at Duston School, Northampton, is facing victimisation and possible dismissal at a disciplinary hearing this week.