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People listen to Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary National Education Union (NEU) speaking at a rally in Westminster, London, as they stage walkouts across England in an ongoing dispute over pay. Picture date: Tuesday May 2, 2023.
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
ON May 15, NEU members were reballoted for further strike action, about a fortnight after the most recent strike.
One of the speakers that day spoke about preventable deaths, on behalf of Unite members in hospitals, who showed their solidarity throughout.
Although I found this topic odd at first (what did preventable death have to do with education?), the speaker made the parallels clear.
AMANDA J QUICK warns about the ever-expanding influence of the sex industry – and the harm it unleashes on both the women involved and society collectively, especially the young
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY