Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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Sunday, 17 November 2013

Academies and Free Schools - Privatisation Update

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The Eye reported how “sharp-eyed parents” noticed the team that inspected Wanstead High School included Moazam Parvez , a head of a neig...
Friday, 15 November 2013

NUT gives notice for strike action at six Lewisham schools

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As part of our national dispute with the Secretary of State, the NUT has issued notice for sustained strike action in six Lewisham s...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Gove will continue his attacks and provocations unless unions escalate action

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Yesterday's joint NUT and NASUWT Press Release issued "in response to the letter from the Secretary of State for Education publishe...
Sunday, 10 November 2013

Remembering Remembrance Day

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"We had another very bad bombing Saturday night, closed the other end of the road so now we are completely hemmed in. Mother is frantic...
Thursday, 7 November 2013

Latest Campaign Poster: Gove Offers Nothing: Reinstate the Action

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Download file via http://goo.gl/nAIgVo

Gove's next letter spells it out further: no meaningful talks

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When the NUT and NASUWT released a press release saying that they had been offered 'meaningful talks', many teachers questioned w...
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Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Gove's letter spells it out - no budget, no pay rise

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The latest letter* sent by Michael Gove to the School Teachers Review Body on 24 October (just a day before the NUT Executive voted to postp...
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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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