Articles from United Kingdom
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 January 2012 UK: education unions oppose Government’s forced academy programme
EI’s UK affiliates, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), have deplored the fact that the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is pushing ahead with plans to have schools taken over by outside sponsors and removed from the control of the...
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Standards and working conditions 29 November 2011 UK: Teachers lead largest strike in over thirty years
Over 2.000.000 British public sector workers will stage a nationwide walkout today protesting against pension cuts of up to 25%. At the vanguard of the protest will be EI’s UK members: NUT, NASUWT, ATL and UCU.
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Standards and working conditions 26 September 2011 UK: Unions build closer ties for effective action
A quartet of EI’s affiliates in the UK – the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO), the National Union of Teachers (NUT), and the Ulster Teachers’ Union (UTU) – have launched an historic partnership for closer co-operation, campaigning, and promotion of trade union values.
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Standards and working conditions 15 September 2011 Lecturers vote in favour of action over pensions
Lecturers at leading UK universities have voted for action over planned changes to their pensions with more than three-quarters (77 per cent) of University and College Union members, who took part in a ballot, voting for a “sustained campaign of industrial action.”
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 August 2011 UK: GCSE results show great achievements by students and teachers
The General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Christine Blower, has commented on the publication of this year’s GCSE results, saying “GCSE results this year are outstanding and the hard work that has gone into them should be applauded.”
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Leading the profession 10 August 2011 UK: New analysis highlights education divide
Research undertaken by one of EI’s British affiliates, the University and College Union (UCU), has highlighted significant disparities in educational achievement among different areas of the same cities across the nation.
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Union renewal and development 8 August 2011 Murdoch brings in neo-liberal schools boss to fix scandal
Former New York schools boss, Joel Klein, has been brought in by the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to try and sort out the scandal which has engulfed his company in recent weeks.
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Standards and working conditions 1 July 2011 British teachers on strike against pension cuts
Over 750,000 teachers and other public and civil service workers went on a 24-hour strike in the United Kingdom to decry the drastic cuts in pensions the government is trying to push through. Classes were cancelled at more than 10,000 schools across England and Wales, as members of the Association...
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Standards and working conditions 16 June 2011 UK: Teachers join college and university lecturers in strike action
EI affiliates in Britain have voted to take part in strike action on 30 June to defend members’ pensions. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) have voted to join University and College Union (UCU) members in the national day of action.
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Union renewal and development 12 June 2011 EI General Secretary is awarded honorary degree
The EI General Secretary, Fred Van Leeuwen, has been conferred with an Honorary Fellowship by the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) at its Annual General Meeting. The EIS was granted the right to award Fellowships under a Charter given to the union by Britain’s Queen Victoria in the 19th Century....
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Standards and working conditions 30 May 2011 UK: Teachers mount legal battle over pensions
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) is mounting a legal challenge in the British High Court to contest its government’s proposal to make changes to its members’ pension scheme.
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Standards and working conditions 30 May 2011 UK: Teachers mount legal battle over pensions
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) is mounting a legal challenge in the British High Court to contest its government’s proposal to make changes to its members’ pension scheme.
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Standards and working conditions 3 May 2011 UK: teachers decide on strike over pensions
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) confirmed during its annual Conference, held 22-26 April in Harrogate, UK, that it will take coordinated action with another national affiliate of EI, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), as part of the struggle over pensions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 April 2011 UK: Unionists back Zimbabwe Vigil
The UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) has supported the lunchtime Vigil organised by Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) outside the Zimbabwe Embassy in London, UK.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 April 2011 Survey finds poverty hitting pupils' learning
A survey by the ATL (UK) teachers' union has found that many pupils living in poverty come to school hungry, tired and in worn-out clothes.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 April 2011 UK teachers awarded millions in compensation
The NASUWT, one of the largest teacher unions in the UK, has secured millions of pounds in compensation for its members who suffered accidents, assaults and injuries suffered on school grounds in 2010.
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Equity and inclusion 29 March 2011 Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans History Month in British schools
Throughout the month of February, since 2005, teachers and members of EI’s British affiliates have taken the opportunity to celebrate LGBT History Month to teach their students and colleagues about the lives, experiences and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Britain.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2011 England: Students face exorbitant tuition fees
When the recently elected Conservative and Liberal British government announced that it wanted to transfer the burden of funding education from the state to students, the UCU and its allies from student, parent and teaching all came together to build the first wave of opposition to cuts in vital public...
England: Students face exorbitant tuition fees