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Not 'a gap year job' — London's TEFL teachers struggle for recognition
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Britain is a raw deal. ANNA CLARK of the TEFL Workers’ Union tells Ben Cowles how teachers are fighting back
Glasgow will remember the martyrs of the 1787 strike this weekend in speech and song, their spirit is sorely needed today, writes JIM LISTER
ALEX BROWN explains how medieval Europe was plunged into sunless years, with widespread crop failures and devastating famines
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
THE bosses of the Delfin English language school in London must have thought that they had finally dealt with their uppity teachers when they made them all redundant just before Christmas 2019.
Who were these workers to expect holiday pay, paid meetings, paid prep time, paid training and anything other than zero-hours contracts and statutory sick pay?
Getting rid of them all during the most expensive time of year would treat them right for involving themselves with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and forming the TEFL Workers’ Union.
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