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TEACHERS are set to move one step closer to forming a new “super union” today.
Special conferences of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) will vote on whether to ballot members on the merger plan.
Proponents say “professional unity” will bolster teachers’ industrial strength in facing off attacks on pay, pensions and school funding. They say the union would also be in a better position to fight academisation and the opening of new grammar schools.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
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