Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

10 REASONS TO VOTE YES FOR PENSIONS ACTION

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1. To stop around £100 a month being stolen from teachers’ salaries. That’s a 50% increase in pension contributions on top of a ‘pay freeze’...
Sunday, 24 April 2011

NASUWT leadership persuades delegates to stand aside from joint battle on pensions

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Disappointing - if not unsurprising - news from the NASUWT Conference in Glasgow. See report from 'Classroom Teacher' on http://bi...
Saturday, 23 April 2011

NUT Conference votes for national strike action to defend pensions

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“We would have got away with it, if it hadn’t had been for those meddling unions”. I wasn’t quite sure why Scooby-Doo came to me as I came...
Tuesday, 19 April 2011

ATL Conference backs strike ballot on pensions

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Great news from the ATL Conference - where delegates have backed a ballot for strike action over pensions. NUT Conference will also agre...
Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Workload - teachers at breaking-point

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Cuts don’t only hit those who lose their jobs, they leave even greater demands on those left behind. Teacher workload was already at unbea...
Thursday, 7 April 2011

Sacking school staff on the cheap

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'So you marched with us in London on March 26th, now you want to cut our terms and conditions, what kind of solidarity is that?' T...
Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Video of Tower Hamlets Action

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Thanks to ReelNews for this video of last week's action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK3_CJgE3l4
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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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