Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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

Monday, 1 February 2021

Don't draw the wrong conclusion from ONS data - do not rush to fully open schools

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Once again, staff and parents have been angered at the way ONS statistics are being erroneously used, by  politicians and press alike,  to p...
Friday, 29 January 2021

Questions to a DGS candidate - Union Democracy, School Safety, Honoraria, Facility Time, International Solidarity.

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Quite rightly, once you have declared as a candidate for as important a post as Deputy General Secretary, members and District Officers want...
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Wednesday, 27 January 2021

The Help a Child to Learn "Big Announcement" - lessons need to be learned

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Yesterday, thousands of NEU members tuned in to listen for the surprise “Big Announcement” that they had been told to expect from their Unio...
Monday, 18 January 2021

Take Action to ‘Insist on the Checklist’ - and to ‘Make Early Years Safe’

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#InsistontheChecklist The determined stance taken by thousands of NEU members at the start of term in refusing to return to an unsafe workp...
Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Why consenting to LFT tests instead of self-isolation risks making matters even worse

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Given the worryingly high infection rates in England, the advice being issued via the Government/NHS Test & Trace " Schools and Col...
Monday, 11 January 2021

Act together to oppose unsafe numbers and rising workload

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SCHOOL STAFF SHOULD TAKE CONFIDENCE from how our mass refusal to accept unsafe working conditions forced the Government into a much-needed ...
Tuesday, 5 January 2021

Staff and unions force Johnson's hand over school safety

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As the rapid retreat over the exams fiasco in the summer showed, this has long been a government that could be forced to U-turn once pressur...
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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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