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24 February 2021
"I'm here to fight for the future education of children in Hackney"
Teaching assistants (TAs) in Hackney, east London took strike action against redundancies on 10-12 February
17 February 2021
Hackney teaching assistants strike against cruel and unnecessary job cuts
Teaching assistants organised by general union Unite took to the streets on 10-12 February to picket against unnecessary forced redundancies.
4 September 2019
Money doesn't make up for cuts - education unions must organise for funding and against Tory attacks
You know there's an election in the offing when the Tories say they will raise spending on education despite decimating school budgets in their previous terms of office.
31 July 2019
Huge workload, low pay and unpaid hours - a day in the life of a teaching assistant
The role has changed unrecognisably in the last few years, but the wages do not reflect the level of commitment and professionalism the position now demands or the extra pressures it brings
19 June 2019
Schools unions must turn anger into a fight against funding catastrophe
The catastrophe facing schools cannot be exaggerated. Schools in England have lost out on £5.4 billion in Tory funding cuts since 2015, writes Nick Chaffey, Southern Socialist Party secretary.
22 May 2019
Day of action against cuts to special needs education
It is a measure of a society's progress as to how it treats its most vulnerable members. Applying that measure to special educational needs funding - we are heading back to the Stone Age.
1 May 2019
Valentine victory: School strike beats council cuts
Teachers and support staff at Valentine Primary School are celebrating an important victory
17 April 2019
Labour councils must act now to save our schools!
A new Ofsted report shows that educational support for vulnerable children is failing. The report outlines how thousands of children are being taught in alternative provision, often in very poor conditions with no qualified teachers.
21 November 2018
Indefinite dinner ladies' and teaching assistants' strike
The strike action at Ladywood primary school in Grimethorpe reached its 29th day
17 October 2018
Grimethorpe dinner ladies stage all-out strike against redundancy
"No ifs, no buts, no dinner lady cuts," is the song from the picket line. Nine dinner ladies at Ladywood Primary School in Grimethorpe, Yorkshire are now on indefinite strike against being made redundant.
28 March 2018
For Whom the School Bell Tolls: Our kids or the Tories?
Like the NHS and council services, public state education in primary, secondary, special schools and colleges is facing a dire crisis
10 January 2018
Newham academy strikes spread to Cumberland school
"Why would we want more privatisation?!" This is how the National Education Union (NEU) rep at Cumberland school in Newham, East London, closed the picket line meeting to stop the school becoming an academy.
26 July 2017
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us including bosses' profit, unpaid overtime, shrinking retail products and life expectancy.
12 July 2017
Durham TAs reject council's pay offer
Durham teaching assistants in education unions Unison and the ATL have voted to reject the latest divisive offer from Durham council
31 May 2017
Fighting Tory cuts to the schools budget
Education workers, parents and students are uniting in protest
12 April 2017
Schools are under the greatest threat for more than a generation and an equally powerful response is needed. In the next couple of months, the scale of the cuts will be evident
12 April 2017
Derby teaching assistants accept offer to end pay dispute
Following negotiations and a ballot of Unison members the Derby teaching assistants' dispute ended on 5 April. The members voted nine-to-one to accept the offer from Derby council.
22 March 2017
Derby TAs' strike suspended after new offer
Following a new offer from Labour-led Derby council, public sector union Unison has now suspended the all-out strike action by teaching assistants and school support staff
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