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Protesters from the NEU, TUC, PCS, and UCU unions, gather at the National Strike Action Rally in Birmingham city centre to protest against the government's plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strikes
TORY ministers are preparing to change the law to force teachers to inform school leaders if they plan to join national education strikes, reports suggested today.
Right-wing newspaper the Daily Mail, quoting a government source, said that ministers could act to give schools time to put contingency plans in place during walkouts.
The desperate threat came after Education Secretary Gillian Keegan argued that it is “unreasonable” for educators to fail to announce their intentions ahead of legal industrial action.
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
NEU members at Woodfield School in north London are taking sustained industrial action against enforced cuts to learning support assistants’ hours and pay. MARY ADOSSIDES reports
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