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Workers defy Greek government’s threats to ‘conscript’ striking teachers
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Workers defy Greek government’s threats to ‘conscript’ striking teachers

Thousands of high school teachers in Greece could face arrest if they strike during exams from Friday of this week.
14 May 2013
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Sussex staff vote to strike

Unite union members at the University of Sussex have backed strikes against privatisation in an indicative ballot.
07 May 2013
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Danish government uses law to end all-out teachers’ strike

The Labour-led governing coalition in Denmark last week used legal powers to end a four-week all out strike by the country’s teachers.
30 April 2013
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What really caused the crisis in school places?

Some 118,000 children in London could be without a school place by 2016 according to the London Councils group. 
30 April 2013
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Academies and free schools – part of the school places problem

The NUT teachers’ union has exposed the illogical result of the government’s commitment to academies and free schools.
30 April 2013
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Michael Gove’s battle with reality

Just last week Gove refused to rule out a school closure in the north east of England if a free school opens.
30 April 2013
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Teachers rally support for walkout against Gove

Some 500 teachers and parents packed into a joint NUT/NASUWT union rally for education in Liverpool on Saturday of last week. Another 700 rallied in Manchester. 
30 April 2013
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Sussex university staff vote for action in ballot

UCU union members at Sussex university have voted by 75 percent for strikes against privatisation in an indicative ballot. The turnout was 60 percent.
30 April 2013
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Welsh union will consider strikes

Teachers and lecturers in the UCAC union in Wales voted unanimously to consider strikes over pay at their annual conference last week.
30 April 2013
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University unions reject pay offer

Five unions representing workers in higher education have rejected a below-inflation pay offer of 0.5 percent.
30 April 2013
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Birmingham school strikes against academy status

Teachers at a Birmingham secondary school struck against plans to turn the school into an academy on Thursday of last week.
30 April 2013
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£1 billion extra for academies

The Tories have overspent on academy schools by more than £1 billion, according to a committee of MPs.
23 April 2013