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THE new amalgamated education union will need to lay down concrete alternatives to Ofsted inspections and current league table metrics, a packed National Union of Teachers (NUT) conference fringe meeting has heard.
The National Education Union (NEU) will be formed in September from the NUT and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) following merger ballots last month.
A meeting co-hosted by the Morning Star, the Unify campaign and Education for Tomorrow magazine was addressed by ATL general secretary Mary Bousted, who said the new union needed to provide “answers” as well as campaigns.
The Morning Star here publishes a speech that would have been given by Stop the War officer and longtime NEU and NUT activist Alex Kenny on the eve of the verdicts handed to Chris Nineham and Ben Jamal this week. He also explains why he couldn’t give it
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
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
