TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
Educators organising through the coronavirus
Although we are not at work, this pandemic offers a real chance for trade-union renewal in education and across the whole public sector, writes HENRY FOWLER, national campaigns manager of the NEU
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
ON MARCH 18, in his latest coronavirus briefing to the nation, Boris Johnson announced that schools in England and Wales would close to all children except those of key workers or who are vulnerable from Friday March 20.
This announcement ended days of debate within the education profession about whether schools, colleges and other education centres should be open, as National Education Union (NEU) representatives and groups of members collectively discussed how to keep safe.
Like many public-sector workers, educators are continuing to work — playing the vital role of looking after the vulnerable and children of key workers, to ensure our health system can care for the country. In these unprecedented times, trades unions have been given an opportunity for renewal, to become ever relevant again.
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