Education unions

National Union of Teachers (NUT), Association of University Teachers (AUT), National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) and other education unions

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Schools strikes: increase the pace!

The National Education Union's (NEU) first nationwide strike, on 1 February, was a success. The strike was of teacher members in England and Wales and support staff members in Wales. Hundreds of thousands of members struck. The big majority of schools in both countries were affected, with hundreds closed and many more with only minimal provision. The strike occurred on the same day as strikes by the UCU in colleges and universities and civil servants in the PCS union. There were rallies in cities and towns across both countries, involving hundreds of thousands. The NEU had recruited over 43...

NEU: set action now for after 16 March!

Reports suggest that the National Education Union (NEU) has continued to recruit significant numbers of members in the run up to our first strike day on 1 February.

Teachers' strike is for all who work in education

In Wales, both teachers and support staff in the NEU will be taking official strike action on 1 February and on three more days in February and March. In England, only the NEU teachers’ ballot cleared the threshold of a 50% turnout (with more than 90% of those who voted voting to strike). The support staff ballot had more than 84% voting yes to strike, but 46.46% turnout, below the Tory-set threshold. The questions on both teacher and support staff ballot papers were almost identical. Both focussed primarily on funding for schools (making an above-inflation pay rise affordable). A victory for...

NEU calls for maximum pickets

Over 18,000 members joined the National Education Union (NEU) in the week after the union announced on 16 January that it had beaten the draconian anti-union law thresholds and declared an escalating schedule of industrial action. That growth is only likely to increase and accelerate as the NEU’s first strike on 1 February approaches. The more members that join, the more schools will be closed, and the more disruption in those that try to stay open. It will make the strike more effective. Good! These figures show the real appetite among school workers to fight back for pay rises and against...

NEU support staff fight for equality

The National Education Union (NEU) support staff conference on 24 January voted to send a bold motion to the union’s annual conference calling for the union to “seek, at the earliest opportunity, recognition and negotiating rights for our support staff members” and to “end the undertaking not to actively or knowingly recruit support staff”. The NEU, despite its tens of thousands of support staff members in state-funded schools, is not formally recognised for negotiating over pay and conditions, unlike the local government unions — Unison, GMB and Unite. There is a TUC agreement designed to...

School workers call strikes

The National Education Union (NEU) will strike nationally on Wednesday 1 February, and follow that by three weeks of rolling regional strikes between 14 February and 2 March and two days of national strikes on 15-16 March.

NEU plans a strong start

The schedule agreed by the National Education Union (NEU), if its ballot beats thresholds, is a one-day strike co-ordinated with other unions on 1 February followed by rolling regional strikes from 14 February to 16 March, and a two-day national strike on 15-16 March, with a national demonstration in London on the 15th. Then another two day national strike on 19-20 April, with lobby of Parliament on the 19th. That will be a strong start, but it will need to be built upon, with a quickening pace. The NEU strike ballot closes 13 January, with results out on 16 January from a vote of around 250...

Oxford students protest in support of UCU strike

Previous UCU strike in Oxford, 2018 On 10 January, the University of Oxford’s new Vice-Chancellor, Irene Tracey, was formally sworn in at a ceremony in the Sheldonian Theatre. A small group of students held a protest outside, with signs calling for the new Vice Chancellor to negotiate with the UCU over the ongoing dispute. The mood was upbeat, with discussions amongst the protestors about the dispute over strategies within the UCU, and how to build student support for picket lines in the new year. Several passers-by stopped to chat about the dispute, student-staff solidarity and the strike...

Indefinite strike action builds power across California campuses

After over a month on strike, graduate student workers across the campuses of the University California (UC) will vote on a new contract this week (18-23 December). Their bargaining team came to a tentative agreement with management last week, after making a series of concessions on the strike’s demands, and voted by a narrow majority to recommend what they are calling a “historic” contract. Some on the bargaining team, and many workplace activists, are campaigning for a “no” vote, arguing against making concessions when the strike is still strong. A struggle in the union is taking place...

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