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Tyneside teachers avert academy status
Strike action was averted at Boldon School, South Tyneside, after governors decided it would not become an academy.
NUT members at the school who opposed the move to academy status had been preparing to walk out for three days in the week following half term in an effort to prevent a conversion.
Christine Blower, NUT General Secretary, said: “We are delighted that the governors have listened to the concerns of staff and taken this decision not to proceed further down the road to academy status.
“The decision shows that academy conversion is not inevitable. The NUT will continue to support its members opposing attempts to break up state education in a way that is bad for teachers, bad for pupils and bad for society.”
Posting losses
As part of the Union’s pensions campaign, on 10 May 100 teachers from around London went to the Department for Education after school. Each teacher wrote on posters how much their pay packets had been reduced in April due to the increase in pension contributions, and then stuck them on the wall of the DfE building. They took them down after plenty of photographic evidence had been collected!
‘Constructive’ talks in Nottingham dispute
In the dispute over plans for schools in Nottingham to adopt a five-term year, constructive discussions recently took place between the NUT and Nottingham City Council, under the auspices of Acas. It was agreed that a meeting of all the schools’ trade unions would look at alternative models of terms and holidays, the outcome to be considered by executive councillors.
The NUT has agreed to suspend any further industrial action while all parties are in discussion. NUT General Secretary Christine Blower said: “I am pleased the NUT has reached an agreement which provides for all options to be considered, to form part of constructive negotiations which will involve all the unions representing school staff.”
Bob’s your regional sec!
Congratulations to Bob Stapley, who has been appointed NUT London Regional Secretary. A long-time member of the Union’s London staff team, Bob has also served as Acting Regional Secretary in the Midlands and South East regions. He takes over his new job from September, replacing Tim Harrison, who is retiring.
Bob, who attended London state schools growing up, said he was “delighted” with his new role and looking forward to “leading an excellent staff team in the regional office and working with so many dedicated local officers and activists throughout our capital city”.
Young NUT at TUC
Two NUT representatives attended the TUC young members’ conference in London in March. Topics included the national minimum wage and promoting unions in schools, which was the subject of the motion chosen to go to Congress in September.
NUT delegate Louise Oakden from Essex said: “I recommend anyone under 27 to become involved in the TUC.”
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