Walking Away from Workers
The period of defeat following the miners’ strike has been marked by an ideological retreat from class across the labour movement. Our task is to put the agency of working people at the centre of socialist politics.
4 Articles by:
Gawain Little
Gawain Little sits on the National Executive Committee of the National Education Union.
How to Save Our Schools
Our education system is failing both pupils and workers, and political leaders don’t seem to care – so education unions are putting forward their vision for radical change.
Teachers Don’t Want to Close Schools – But the Government Has Left Them No Choice
Since the beginning of the Covid crisis teachers have been demanding measures to make schools safe. By failing to act, the government has left school workers with no alternative but to campaign for closures.
Covid-19 Has Revived Britain’s Teachers’ Unions
Faced with a reckless government that disregarded teacher and student health, unions like the NEU set out to fight back – and, in the process, built grassroots organisation that empowers workers.