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Dr Patrick Roach (second right) general secretary of National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT - and NASUWT National Official for Scotland Mike Corbett (third left), with teachers on the picket line outside Wellshot Primary School, in Glasgow, March 1, 2023
TEACHING union the NASUWT has won £14.3 million in compensation payouts for school workers, it said yesterday.
The scale of compensation payouts won for members was revealed ahead of the union’s three-day annual conference in Harrogate over the Easter weekend.
One union member in Wales who suffered injuries and psychological trauma was awarded £150,000 in compensation after a pupil assaulted him.
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
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