Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

Growing debt and inflation, declining productivity ... a crisis is on the cards

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As trade unionists and socialists we need to understand a little economics – so we can have an idea of the terrain on which we are going to ...
Thursday, 16 March 2023

After the Budget Day Strikes - What Next?

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Yesterday's Budget Day march in Central London was another enthusiastic show of strength from tens of thousands of striking teachers, ci...
Monday, 26 September 2022

FAQs - why NEU members should vote for action

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With the preliminary ballots for NEU Support Staff members, and in Sixth Form Colleges already open, the NEU's electronic vote for teach...
Thursday, 24 March 2022

Listen to the voices of protest in Blackpool

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Watch a full-length video of the protests   here . On a welcome day of sunshine , hundreds of trade unionists, NHS campaigners , RMT and P...
Friday, 18 February 2022

We need a timescale for a ballot for action to win on pay

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For the last few weeks, NEU Branch Officers and school reps have been working hard to encourage teacher members to respond to an online surv...
Sunday, 2 January 2022

NEU Member Survey - say yes to action on pay

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WORKLOAD AND INFLATION GOES UP, INCOMES FALL This term promises to start just as last term finished . School staff will be under intolerabl...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021

Agency Workers Regulations - Myth Busters

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MYTH BUSTERS - What to say when you’re told you haven’t got a case … when you have! Download these posts as A4 leaflets: Myth Buster 1 , and...
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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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