Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

Sharing views, information and resources for school staff, trade unionists and socialists.

Saturday, 30 October 2010

Beware - they want to break up our national conditions

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The Government have announced that they are going to abolish the new School Staff Negotiating Body that was meant to agree national pay and ...

Support London's firefighters

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As Chair of SERTUC's Public Services Committee, I was pleased to chair a FBU Solidarity meeting on Thursday at Congress House that broug...
Saturday, 23 October 2010

Thousands march against the cuts in London and other cities

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Thousands of trade unionists and community campaigners marched through London today to show that they weren’t about to sit back and let the ...
Thursday, 21 October 2010

Join the London March Against the Cuts on Saturday!

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So teachers are meant to be grateful that education budgets have 'only' been cut by 3.4%! That is just one indication of the depth o...
Sunday, 17 October 2010

Cuts Cost Lives - Support London's Firefighters

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London's FBU members have voted by an overhwelming 79% majority in a 79% turnout to support strike action in defence of their conditions...
Thursday, 14 October 2010

We're not accepting pay cuts to 'protect' school budgets

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Discussions at the three-day NUT Divisional Secretaries Briefing confirmed the growing threat to national pay agreements – specifically the ...
Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Build the Week of Action Against Spending Cuts

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PRESS RELEASE - LEWISHAM TRADE UNIONISTS AND CAMPAIGNERS JOIN WEEK OF ACTION AGAINST SPENDING CUTS ...
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Martin Powell-Davies

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* Brought up as a socialist by parents who hungered for what is right * One adopted grandfather left me a double-barrelled name, the other his name on a 1926 General Strike black-list * Given a comprehensive education at St.Andrew's, Leatherhead * First-class degree from King's College, Cambridge, for those who like that kind of thing * Secondary science teacher in London 1986-2015 * Lewisham NUT Secretary 1993-2015, organiser of many campaigns to defend teachers and education * Father of four who were all so well-supported by Sedgehill School, SE6. * Member of the NUT National Executive 2010-15 * NEU London Regional Secretary 2016 - 19 * Moved to Cumbria to return to teaching 2019 * Candidate for NEU DGS in 2021 * Proud to have been name-checked by Gove for saying that his 'reforms' could make teaching unbearable * Member of the CWI, following its global struggles via http://www.socialistworld.net * Exiled member of Penge CC, still a 'Middle Aged Man In Lycra' when I can be.
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