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SCHOOL staff in East Sussex are considering strike action against the academisation of their school.
National Education Union (NEU) members at Peacehaven Community School are balloting on whether they should fight against plans to turn the local school into an academy.
East Sussex County Council intends to hand over control of the schools to the Swale Academies Trust, which runs 16 schools in the region.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
NEU members at Woodfield School in north London are taking sustained industrial action against enforced cuts to learning support assistants’ hours and pay. MARY ADOSSIDES reports
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
