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NASUWT: Teachers call for solidarity

by Felicity Collier in Manchester

TEACHING union NASUWT called for international solidarity yesterday as teachers face increasing repression worldwide.

In many countries teachers suffer the consequences of political instability, a lack of justice and heavy-handed policing during protests, union president Fred Brown said.

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