Teachers

Teachers

• Jeremy Corbyn joins teachers to demand an end to education cuts

  

  The National Education Union organised a march and rally in Westminster on Tuesday, declaring "enough is enough" and launched an indicative strike ballot

• The importance of mass mobilisation against war

  

  Build the mass movements against war. Kevin Courtney's speech from the Stop the War Coalition national conference

• Newham says no to academisation

  

  The fight against academisation in the East End is on, with three schools taking strike action

• Stunning victory for teachers in West Virginia

  

  This win is a huge step forward for the labour movement in the United States

• Are books in schools for reading or for balancing?

  

  Bridget Yuill from the Durham Teaching Assistants campaign looks at some of the wider issues raised by cost cutting in education

• Fighting back in the 21st century: the NUT and social movement trade unionism

  

  Alex Kenny from the National Union of Teachers talks to Counterfire’s Chris Nineham

• Statement from Durham teaching assistants in response to new deal offered

  

  The activist committee has serious concerns about the proposal

• The movement is growing: teaching assistants on the front foot in Durham

  

  Durham teaching assistants brought together people from across the country in a huge show of solidarity

• Durham Teaching Assistants: the fight goes on

  

  With further strikes by Durham Teaching Assistants soon taking place, Megan Charlton reports on the highs and lows of the campaign

• Teachers prepare for confrontation with government

  

  The NUT conference captured the angry mood among teachers over the Tories' academies plans, reports Tony Dowling

• Easy as ABC: teachers resist academies

  

  Is the Tories’ forced academisation programme the final straw in their assault on public education?

• Gateshead teachers strike on May Day to save jobs at Thorp Academy

  

  NUT members at Thorp Academy in Gateshead took strike action on Friday in defence of colleagues threatened by compulsory redundancy - Tony Dowling reports