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KS2 SATs are boycotted but what implications does this have for Teachers? Recent news that the NUT and the head teachers union NAHT are planning to boycott Key Stage 2 SATs in England should be welcomed. This comes after the…

In the short space of time since the election of a new government a swift change in educational policy reflects the public spending crisis to come and highlights the need for unions to take a more militant approach.   The…

15  IWW members and supporters in Edinburgh turned out today to support victimised cleaner Alberto Durango and his fellow workers who have faced cuts in their pay by their employer, Lancaster.  Alberto was fired by Lancaster for daring to organise…

  This article was posted to Notts Indymedia by Notts GMB on 31st October 2009. Indymedia link (with images): http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/10/440926.html Notts IWW members leaflet local Job Centre in solidarity with postal workers On Wednesday morning, 28th October 2009, members of…

On 18 November, Students and staff at the University of Birmingham protested against the University management’s decision to put profit and the needs of business over those of education. And the fightback appears to be working! The University of Birmingham…

By Mike IWW members and others acting in solidarity with the Council Cleansing workers successfully blockaded a WCR scab lorry for 30 minutes in Edinburgh city centre on 18th September. Waving placards such as NO MORE WAGE CUTS around 25…

Edinburgh council bin workers have hit out at the biased reporting of their situation in the mass media and explained what is really at stake in the dispute which has seen rubbish piling up in Scotland’s capital. “We are not…

Ted Thomas, an IWW education worker, discusses the aftermath of the Lewisham Bridge Primary School occupation The recent success of the occupation of Lewisham Bridge Primary School, and the rise in the last year of school occupations across Britain is…

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