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Strikes to spread across education
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Strikes to spread across education

Tens of thousands of education workers are gearing up for strikes.
13 February 2018
Education workers out on strike in battle against academy plans
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Education workers out on strike in battle against academy plans

Workers at Cumberland School in Newham struck today against a plan to turn their school into an academy. Upbeat strikers chanted, “Our school is not for sale,” and, “Whose school? Our school,” on the picket line.
08 February 2018
Strikes can stop Tories’ academies funding scam
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Strikes can stop Tories’ academies funding scam

Firms that run dozens of academies are relying on emergency handouts from the government to stay in business.
06 February 2018
Avenue School strike in Newham opposes academy
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Avenue School strike in Newham opposes academy

Teachers and other school workers struck at Avenue Primary. It was the NEU members’ first of two days of strike action, an escalation from the previous one day strikes.
31 January 2018
More strikes set to stop academy plans in east London
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More strikes set to stop academy plans in east London

NEU education union members at Avenue School in Newham, east London, were set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday of next week against academisation
23 January 2018
Reports round-up: Glasgow equal pay campaign
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Reports round-up: Glasgow equal pay campaign

Also, anti-fracking protest in York, Bradford children's services at risk and more
16 January 2018
Well-supported strike at The Cumberland School in Newham says no to academies
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Well-supported strike at The Cumberland School in Newham says no to academies

The first strike at The Cumberland School in Newham, east London, against academisation saw over 50 NEU education union members picketing on Tuesday.
09 January 2018
Strike over workload at Sheffield primary school
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Strike over workload at Sheffield primary school

Teachers at Westways Primary School in Sheffield began a two-day strike on Tuesday of this week in a row over workload and other issues.
12 December 2017
Parents, children and teachers united against academies
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Parents, children and teachers united against academies

The first strike day against academisation at Avenue School in Newham, east London, took place on Wednesday of last week. Also: Reports from Charlton Park Academy in Greenwich, the Village School in Brent and Westways Primary School in Sheffield
05 December 2017
Reports round-up
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Reports round-up

Driving Examiners in the PCS union are set to stage a 48-hour strike on Monday and Tuesday next week in a dispute over working hours.
28 November 2017
Take academies back into public hands
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Take academies back into public hands

The scandal over Wakefield City Academies Trust has exposed the realities of privatisation. Many people want the schools abandoned by the trust to be run by the council.
14 November 2017
School strikers at Charlton Park Academy are sick of penny-pinching bosses
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School strikers at Charlton Park Academy are sick of penny-pinching bosses

 GMB and NEU union members struck at Charlton Park Academy in Greenwich, south east London, last Tuesday and Thursday, to defend their sick pay.
14 November 2017