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Lewisham school workers and parents fight academisation

Picket line at Prendergast Ladywell, one of the schools under threat At the time of writing teachers and support staff at the Prendergast group of schools in Lewisham, South East London, members of the National Education Union, have had three days of strikes to stop the semi-privatisation – with 12 more days scheduled (9-11, 16-18 and 23-25 May; 6-8 June). From 9 May they are being joined by larger numbers of support staff, members of GMB. There is a very active parent campaign alongside the workers (and some student protests too) - I wrote about it last month - the relatively large number of...

Push forward after May Day weekend strikes

The return to strikes by nurses’ union RCN, from 8pm on 30 April until 2 May, is an important opportunity to revive and accelerate the pay fight in the NHS. Unite members in various NHS trusts, including several ambulance trusts, will also strike on 1 and 2 May. If GMB members in the NHS also reject the pay offer in their ballot closing 28 April (possible, despite the GMB leadership recommending acceptance), their members in ambulance trusts and elsewhere in the NHS could also strike, officially from mid-May, but sooner if GMB members refuse to cross other unions’ pickets. Although junior...

Teachers go for more strikes

The first business at the National Education Union (NEU) conference, 3-6 April, was to announce that an online consultation, with a recommendation to reject, had 98% rejecting the government's offer

Putin apologism defeated at NEU

For the second year in a row those on the left who want to ignore the urgent need for solidarity with Ukraine and excuse Putin by claiming the war is NATO’s fault have been defeated at National Education Union (NEU) conference (3-6 April)

Teachers go for more strikes

The first business at the National Education Union (NEU) conference, 3-6 April, was to announce that an online consultation, with a recommendation to reject, had 98% rejecting the government's offer, with a 66% turn out. Before conference NEU members who are teachers in English schools were already due to strike on 27 April and 2 May. At conference, it was agreed that the union will use the period of GCSE and A level exams from 15 May to begin a re-ballot of those members, to run until the end of July. It also agreed to timetable a three-day strike in late June or early July. 27 April and 2...

Prepare the reballot! AWL NEU 2023 conference bulletin

Click here for Workers' Liberty's National Education Union 2023 conference bulletin, sold to delegates attending the NEU conference in Harrogate, 3-6 April 2023. NEU voted for strikes on 27 April, 2 May and three more days in late June/July. The union will reballot in June/July for more strikes in the next school year, starting in September.

Lewisham revolt against academisation

Workers, parents and students at the Prendergast group of schools in Lewisham (south-east London) are in revolt against the attempt to convert them to a multi-academy trust – a semi-private organisation outside local authority control in which management power is entrenched. As part of a lively and determined campaign, National Education Union members at the three secondary and two primary schools have voted overwhelmingly to strike, with six days set from late April. The schools are already part of a federation within the local authority – one which, peculiarly, also has links to a City of...

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