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SMACKING should be banned outright, trade unionists resolved yesterday.
The Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) put forward a motion to TUC Congress calling for the prohibition of corporal punishment “in all settings.”
Hitting children is banned in schools, but parents and carers can legally smack children lightly in the home if it is “reasonable punishment.”
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN