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...