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N30 Public sector strike
25 January 2012
Public sector pensions: 'Coalition of the willing' gathering strength
A 'coalition of the willing' - unions determined to fight - are regrouping, writes Martin Powell-Davies
Strikers marching through London on 30 November 2011, photo Senan
18 January 2012
Cameron's Con-Dem coalition wants workers to pay for the bosses' economic crisis. This millionaires' government wants to cut workers' jobs, pay and conditions such as pensions. In the public sector...
1 June 2011
Lewisham teachers - Action threat spells victory
Two small but significant victories for Lewisham NUT, south London, have shown how an organised response - and the threat of union action - can achieve success in fighting the threat of cuts and redundancies, writes Martin Powell-Davies, NUT national executive member, personal capacity.
NUT on TUC demo
18 May 2011
Strike back at pensions robbery!
National Union of Teachers members across England and Wales are balloting for strike action over pensions. So are members of the smaller ATL teaching union. We must win those ballots and defeat the government's plans to make every teacher pay more for a worse pension, writes Martin Powell-Davies, NUT national executive member.
23 February 2011
Balham: NUT strike against academies
On 16 February teachers at Chestnut Grove School in Balham, Wandsworth, south London, went on strike to show their opposition to the school becoming an academy, writes Martin Powell-Davies, Lewisham NUT branch secretary and NUT executive.
8 December 2010
Education White Paper a 'poisonous amalgam of twisted logic and dangerous threats'
The Con-Dem government is not only attacking higher education. They recently brought out a new Education White Paper, 'The Importance of Teaching'...
John McInally, PCS, photo Paul Mattsson
7 October 2010
Trade unionists denounce Hutton's attacks on public sector workers' pensions
Former Labour minister Lord Hutton, on a comfortable MP's pension, has released an interim report on his investigation into public sector pensions.
- "Another attempt to make working people pay for the greed of the bankers and big business" - John McInally, Vice president, Public and Commercial Services union
2,500 uniformed firefighters marched with Fire Brigades Union (FBU) flags and placards to protest outside the London Fire Authority (LFA), photo Suzanne Beishon
22 September 2010
Brutal bosses? Time to fight back!
Thursday 16 September saw one of the most formidable demonstrations in London for some time. 2,500 uniformed firefighters marched with Fire Brigades Union (FBU) flags and placards, whistles, vuvuzelas...
9 September 2010
Academies will lead to a two-tier education system
THE GOVERNMENT'S plans to encourage 'outstanding' schools to take a fast-track to 'academy' status are a threat to the future of comprehensive local authority schooling, writes Martin Powell-Davies,.
Cardiff parents beat education cuts in 2006
30 June 2010
Academies: Fight the Tories' offensive on state education
GOVERNMENT EDUCATION minister Michael Gove is determined to push through the Tory agenda of putting 'rocket-boosters' under the academies programme, writes Martin Powell-Davies, NUT national executive.
21 June 2010
Socialist Party member Martin Powell-Davies on Jeremy Vine show
Socialist Party member Martin Powell-Davies, a member of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) NEC (in a personal capacity) was the first caller on BBC two's Jeremy Vine show today, discussing campaigning against the cuts in the forthcoming budget, which threatens education and all our local services...
2 June 2010
No to privatised academies: Defend public education
THE NEW government has put the whole future of comprehensive state education under threat, writes Martin Powell-Davies, NUT executive (personal capacity).
26 May 2010
Unions must defend public services
THE NATIONAL Union of Teachers (NUT) National Executive met just days after Cameron was finally confirmed as prime minister, writes Martin Powell-Davies, NUT executive member.
21 April 2010
The two main unions representing primary headteachers have both returned clear majorities in support of a boycott of this May's English and maths Key Stage 2 SATs tests for eleven year-olds, writes Martin Powell-Davies, Lewisham NUT.
15 April 2010
Main parties promise more of the same rotten cuts agenda
Underwhelming, nauseating, garbage... These are just some of the more polite words that will spring to the minds of workers and young people as they read and hear the New Labour and Tory election manifestos. Everyone knows they plan to hack public services to the bone - here are some immediate responses...
14 April 2010
NUT conference calls for 24-hour public sector strike
There are two key issues for NUT members - the need for a national ballot to combat excessive workload and united public sector action to defend jobs, pay and pensions, writes Martin Powell-Davies, newly elected to the NUT executive.
31 March 2010
NUT conference: fight cuts and excessive workload
The annual conference of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) usually hits the headlines over the Easter weekend, writes Martin Powell-Davies, secretary Lewisham NUT.
31 March 2010
Socialist elected to NUT executive
Martin Powell-Davies, editor of 'Classroom Teacher' and the convenor of Socialist Party Teachers, has been elected onto the NUT national executive...
25 November 2009
Socialist Party candidate increases vote in NUT election
Lewisham National Union of Teachers (NUT) secretary and Socialist Party member Martin Powell-Davies received over three thousand first preference votes in the election for NUT vice-president, coming fourth out of six candidates, writes Report from Socialist Party Teachers.
18 November 2009
Saturday 28 November 2009
Assemble 12 noon, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY, nearest tube Euston or Russell Square.
The government has been patting itself on the back, claiming that the latest unemployment figures show that the UK labour market is performing better than most major economies...
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