NEU

Colleges ballot for strikes over pay + New assault at Liverpool university + Pimlico and Redbridge school battles

The pay gap between college and school teachers currently stands at £9,000 a year

Important victory at at Islington Sixth Form College can inspire more fights

...plus action at Pimlico Academy, Oaks Park High School in Redbridge and Shrewsbury College

Two rail strikes in Scotland + Weetabix + Sunrise Medical + Redbridge school

The RMT union has warned of a “summer of disruption” as strikes kick-off at ScotRail and the Caledonian Sleeper

Tory school recovery plans won’t benefit children

For the Department of Education it is vital that children “catch up” on the hours of education lost due to the pandemic.

Strikes win NEU rep's reinstatement + Islington Sixth Form + Moulsecoomb primary + Tendring Technology College

Victimised NEU union rep Kirstie Paton has been reinstated following strikes at John Roan School in Greenwich, south London,

Two school strikes win, NEU union members fight on at four more

Nottingham Academy—After two days of strikes and the threat of more action workers have won a new offer from management.

Pimlico students celebrate as head resigns after anti-racist protest

20 May 2021
Pupils at Pimlico Academy in central London are celebrating their headteacher’s resignation following allegations of racism.

Students hold protests at schools in solidarity with Palestine

19 May 2021
At Clapton Girls' school in east London, students sat down and chanted “Free Palestine”. They refused to return to lessons.

Leaways school workers score victory after strikes

18 May 2021
Workers at Leaways special school in Hackney, east London, have won an important victory taking over 20 days of strikes since December 2020.

Strikes get Huddersfield union rep reinstated as school fights grow

10 May 2021
Suspended NEU union rep Louise Lewis returns to work following a series of strikes at North Huddersfield Trust School.

School strikes fight victimisations of union reps

29 April 2021
A series of strikes are hitting schools across England this week—many of them sparked by the victimisation of union reps.

Education round up: ‘We are being penalised’

27 April 2021
NEU union members at Marple and Cheadle Sixth Form College in Stockport were set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

Anti-racist pupils at Pimlico Academy face punishment

19 April 2021
School students who organised a protest over racism at Pimlico academy could face permanent exclusion from school.

Virtual NEU conference calls for concrete action

12 April 2021
Almost 1,000 delegates debated the key issues facing the union as schools have reopened and educators look to face the challenges of a new term

NEU union members strike for John Boken and at Leaways school

30 March 2021
There were socially-distanced picket lines at Shrewsbury Colleges Group on Tuesday as workers began a two-day strike to defend NEU union rep John Boken.

Fight to stop victimisation at Shrewsbury Colleges + education round-up

22 March 2021
Workers at Shrewsbury Colleges Group planned a three-day strike on Tuesday in defence of victimised NEU union rep John Boken.

NEU Left launched as membership organisation

15 March 2021
At a historic meeting of 185 NEU union activists on Saturday the NEU Left became a national membership organisation

Workers say latest plans are a ‘one way road to an early death’

09 March 2021
Education unions have rightly said the Tories’ “big bang” reopening of schools in England is reckless.

Shrewsbury Colleges strikers say it’s right to resist

09 March 2021
NEU union members at the group are fighting to defend victimised union rep John Boken

Full schools reopening will fuel Covid-19 spread with tens of thousands dead, warn scientists

07 March 2021
A full return to schools and colleges in England this week will contribute to the deaths of tens of thousands more people by spreading Covid-19.