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TEACHERS’ union NASUWT secured over £16 million in compensation for its members last year alone.
The organisation said its wins came from a series of successful claims linked to unfair dismissals, personal injuries and even criminal assault.
One 59-year-old teacher was awarded £185,000 in compensation after being knocked down twice by her students and having to undergo back surgery due to sustained injuries.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
In part IV of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells how austerity minister Francis Maude’s attempt to destroy the PCS Civil Service union totally backfired
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
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