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Teachers and school staff, this is your paper
RON BROWN makes the case for the Morning Star as the daily paper of all trade unionists, and especially education workers who have seen it cover their issues and their actions, day in, day out
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) at a rally in central London, during a long-running dispute over pay, March 15, 2023
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
SINCE our union’s conference last year, the Morning Star has given a voice to our members on the picket line up and down the country, including teachers resisting forced academisation in Wembley and Brent last April, teachers in 32 sixth form colleges striking for fair pay in November, and teachers taking a stand against victimisation of their union rep in Sheffield in January.
Our union policy has been projected in the pages of the Morning Star on a number of occasions every month in the last year. A sweeping summary of issues covered includes: standing up to austerity, free school meals, SEND funding, supply agencies, Palestine solidarity, lower pay for black people at leadership level, school cuts, teacher shortages, support staff shortages and academies.
What other daily newspaper would print the truth about all these issues, consistently, and through the voices of our members?
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