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THE National Union of Teachers (NUT) voted today in favour of a new education union in alliance with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
The overwhelming support for the plan at the NUT’s annual conference will be received as a major boost for campaigners for “professional unity” in the sector, where workers are currently split between as many as eight unions.
It is understood only around 10 delegates voted against the motion, heard in a private session of the conference.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE