Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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Friday, 16 March 2012

A letter to NUT members - strike on March 28!

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I have sent this letter to Lewisham NUT members tonight: Dear NUT member I am writing to confirm that a joint strike of NUT teachers a...

NUT and UCU on strike in London on March 28

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This press release has just been issued by the National NUT Press Office: NUT London pensions strike - 28 March The NUT is calling a one d...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012

NUT Executive proposes regional strike on March 28

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The NUT Executive met this afternoon to consider the results of the pensions survey and to decide the next steps in our ongoing action to st...
Monday, 12 March 2012

This Government was never interested in negotiations - that's why we must take further action

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The Government has announced that it has ended 'negotiations' over their robbery of teachers' pensions. But they were never inte...
Sunday, 11 March 2012

Fukushima remembered

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A year on from the massive earthquake damage and tsunami that overwhelmed the Fukushima power plant, the true scale of that nuclear disaster...
Wednesday, 7 March 2012

One week left to vote YES YES for action on pensions

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There's just one week left for NUT members to respond to the pensions survey - and just three weeks - if all goes to plan - until we ...
Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Support the TUSC List in the GLA election

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  I hope that trade unionists across London will give their support to the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) electoral cha...
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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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