Education workers teach Tories and Starmer the bleeding obvious
The NEU has won a major victory for its members and wider society. It has shown Labour what real leadership looks like.
The NEU has won a major victory for its members and wider society. It has shown Labour what real leadership looks like.
Mike Picken reports on the latest crisis in education over Covid.
“Imaginings of a feminist, anti-capitalist future can only happen when women are incorporated into the movement in good faith and not as tokens.”
ince the start of the lockdown in March, Britain’s privatised rail operators have received over 3 billion pounds of taxpayers’ funding to continue operating their services during the pandemic.
Richie remains sacked and the campaign for his reinstatement is building up momentum.
The strike is illuminating the massive divisions in Labour over something as basic as defending jobs, conditions and services. The party’s right is willing to take extreme measures to force through cuts, confident that the majority of the centre will acquiesce and shut up, waiting for all the fuss to die down.
The UCU dispute about pay and pensions is also a struggle against the marketisation in higher education, writes Andy Kilmister.
“A Romanian care worker and a British bus driver have more in common with each other than they do with their boss. That is the basis of the trade union movement. Len MCluskey’s job is to fight for their full rights, for decent pay and the right not to bedeported and harassed by the state because of their immigration status.”