Durham

Reports round up: Walkouts can deliver better deal for Royal Mail workers
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Reports round up: Walkouts can deliver better deal for Royal Mail workers

Details of talks between postal workers’ union officials and Royal Mail management show bosses have made big concessions in a dispute over pay, pensions and conditions.
12 December 2017
Nazis humiliated by counter protest in Durham
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Nazis humiliated by counter protest in Durham

Hundreds of anti-fascists turned out to oppose a group called Bishop Auckland Against Islam (BAAI) in County Durham last Saturday.
27 November 2017
Durham councillors make insulting “final offer” to teaching assistants
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Reports round-up: Durham teaching assistants stand against deal

Mears workers vote for further strikes | Choke up the chokers | Exeter porters stand firm | Defend activist from jail term | Cleaners want to sweep away low pay | Don’t let laws leave strike grounded | Film workers to vote on major deal | Firefighters walk out at Sellafield
24 October 2017
Unison union leaders let down the lions of Durham in TA dispute
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Unison union leaders let down the lions of Durham in TA dispute

Durham teaching assistants (TAs) in the Unison union have voted to accept a pay offer from the Labour-run council.
17 October 2017
New pay offer is not what the Durham teaching assistants deserve
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New pay offer is not what the Durham teaching assistants deserve

Durham Council is hoping to end the Durham teaching assistants (TAs) dispute with a “new” pay offer.
03 October 2017
Durham teaching assistants fight pay cut - and split the local Labour Party
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Durham TAs reject rotten deal

Teaching assistants (TAs) have rejected the latest offer from Labour-run Durham County Council.
11 July 2017
Optimism over Corbyn and a mood to fight the Tories at the Durham Miners’ Gala
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Optimism over Corbyn and a mood to fight the Tories at the Durham Miners’ Gala

Thousands cheered Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn this afternoon, Saturday, as he encouraged the crowds at the Durham Miners' Gala to campaign to force the Tories out.
08 July 2017
Durham teaching assistants ‘will not be divided by dodgy deal’
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Durham teaching assistants ‘will not be divided by dodgy deal’

Teaching assistants (TAs) across County Durham are gearing up to reject a deal cooked up by the Labour-run council and union officials.
27 June 2017
Durham TAs demand better from their Unison union and Labour council
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Durham TAs demand better from their Unison union and Labour council

Councillors in County Durham backed a proposal to make a fresh offer to teaching assistants (TAs) yesterday, Wednesday.
27 June 2017
Durham teaching assistants march, and are determined to win
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Durham teaching assistants march, and are determined to win

1,000 teaching assistants and their supporters took to the streets. They are furious at the Labour council that threatens huge pay cuts.
28 March 2017
Assist the teaching workers in their fight
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Assist the teaching workers in their fight

The Labour Party leader of Derby City Council was booed and jeered by angry parents of children with special educational needs last week.
07 March 2017
School staff protest in Durham
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School staff protest in Durham

Around 200 teaching assistants (TAs) protested outside Durham County Hall on Friday of last week. It was the culmination of a week of protests during half term.
28 February 2017
Durham TAs' strikes force council into retreat—but union officials call off action
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Durham TAs’ strikes force council into retreat—but union officials call off action

Durham teaching assistants (TAs) have forced council bosses to retreat. But a chance for a clear cut victory was snatched away from them by union officials.
06 December 2016
LETTERS - Parents value the Durham TAs - even if bosses don't
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LETTERS – Parents value the Durham TAs – even if bosses don’t

Durham County Council has left itself open to the “threat of equal pay claim” from other employees—but our teaching assistants (TAs) are paying the price.
06 December 2016
'We won't be bullied'—meet the women standing up to Labour in County Durham
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‘We won’t be bullied’—meet the women standing up to Labour in County Durham

County Durham teaching assistants are battling against the odds—and pushing their union officials—to take the fight to a Labour council trying to slash their pay. Raymie Kiernan spoke to the women leading the fight
29 November 2016
Durham teaching assistants' strike grows as Labour council shows contempt
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Durham teaching assistants’ strike grows as Labour council shows contempt

Some 2,000 teaching assistants in the Unison and ATL unions began a second 48-hour walkout yesterday, Wednesday.
24 November 2016
Durham teaching assistants fight pay cut - and split the local Labour Party
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Durham teaching assistants fight pay cut – and split the local Labour Party

A revolt by County Durham teaching assistants (TAs) is dividing the Labour Party. The TAs were set to walk out for their second 48-hour strike on Wednesday.
22 November 2016
School workers wage a class war in Durham
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School workers wage a class war in Durham

Teaching assistants (TAs) in Durham are waging an inspiring struggle that shows how to respond to council bosses’ attacks.
15 November 2016
Durham teaching assistants resist pay cut - and prepare to strike
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Durham teaching assistants resist pay cut – and prepare to strike

 Teaching assistants (TAs) in County Durham were set to strike next Tuesday and Wednesday. It will be their first walkout in a long-running dispute with the Labour council over a huge pay cut.
01 November 2016
Durham teaching assistants in huge vote to strike against Labour council pay cut
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Durham teaching assistants in huge vote to strike against Labour council pay cut

Teaching assistants have voted by 93 percent to strike against huge pay cuts being pushed by County Durham Labour councillors.
25 October 2016
Durham Teaching Assistants are ready to fight
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Durham Teaching Assistants are ready to fight

Teaching assistants (TAs) employed by Labour-run Durham County Council were waiting for the result of their strike ballot against pay cuts this week.
18 October 2016
Dirty tricks from Durham Labour council as teaching assistants ballot for strikes
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Dirty tricks from Durham Labour council as teaching assistants ballot for strikes

Labour-run Durham County Council is playing classic divide and rule to ram through its 23 percent cut to pay teaching assistants' (TAs) pay in the hope it can undermine a move towards strikes.
04 October 2016
Teaching Labour a lesson in Durham
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Teaching Labour a lesson in Durham

Rank and file teaching assistants in Durham are fighting for their very livelihoods. Their battle has pitted them not just against the Labour-led council but their own union officials too.
27 September 2016
Labour councils should be fighting cuts—not implementing them
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Labour councils should be fighting cuts—not implementing them

Bristol City Council plans to axe one sixth of its workforce in a bid to plug gaps in its budget. Unions should mobilise in the streets against the plans. Meanwhile in Durham teaching assistants facing a Labour attack say they feel like they even have to fight their own union, which is not doing enough to resist the pay cut
30 August 2016