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		<title>Education unions resist (so far) government attempts to snuff out pensions dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been much anger already voiced about what appears to be an impending sell-out by Brendan Barber and Dave Prentis, acting in cahoots with the Con-Dem coalition. Opposition amongst rank-and-file trade unionists includes various petitions (including here and here) and a lobby of the TUC ahead of its discussions with the government. With the announcement by the government that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=553&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November 30 industrial action</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 30 up to 3 million public sector workers went on strike -  in defence of their pensions, which are coming under attack from a government intent on enforcing spending cuts despite no evidence whatsoever that these cuts are having the apparently intended effect of reducing government debt &#8211; but also as a wider [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=479&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Academies increase the pay divide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case anyone was left wondering what the incentive was for supposed &#8216;charities&#8217; seeking to take over and run our schools, the answer appears to be becoming increasingly clear. The government&#8217;s Academies scheme, which allows state-funded schools to opt out of local government control, and then sell themselves to a private sponsor that then gets automatic control [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=476&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>British state steps up repression of growing education protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past 12 months have seen a clear rise in the numbers of protests by opponents of the Con-Dem&#8217;s austerity-focused education cuts - including the Millbank occupation, the November-December 2010 student protests over £9k tuition fees and the abolition of EMA, and the protests at the TUC&#8217;s March for the Alternative in March 2011. In response, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=454&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Education Workers Face Bullying</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report published today by Cardiff University&#8217;s School of Social Sciences finds education workers to be particularly at risk of bullying at work. The investigators note, &#8220;Workers in the public sector are particularly at risk of both incivility and disrespect and violence and injury. Within the public sector, employees in health and social care, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=446&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Academies Consultation &#8211; ARK-style</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An IWW member&#8217;s experience of &#8216;consultation&#8217; on a proposed ARK academy. I attended a public consultation meeting at Kings Norton High School on 10 October 2010, on the proposal to turn it into an ARK academy - and I have to say that it was far worse than I had actually imagined it would be! I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=441&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>30 November: Education unions to take part in coordinated strike action</title>
		<link>https://educationworkers.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/30-november-education-unions-to-take-part-in-coordinated-strike-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trade unions across the UK are planning for a day of coordinated industrial action that is due to take place on 30 November. The major education unions have now announced that they will either take part in this action or are planning to ballot so that they can do so. UCU, the University lecturers&#8217; union, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=435&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CNT-FTE International Meeting Report</title>
		<link>https://educationworkers.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/cnt-fte-international-meeting-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the weekend of June 11th/12th, representatives of the Education Workers Industrial Union 620 attended an International Meeting for the Defence of Public Schooling, hosted by the Education Workers Federation of the National Confederation of Labour (CNT-FTE) at their offices in Paris. Unions represented were: Union General des Etudiants Burkinabe (UGBE) Burkina Faso Union Sindicale [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=425&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Education White Paper &#8211; more work, more job insecurity for education workers; plus benefits for the wealthy and profit-seekers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government announced yet more disastrous policy initiatives on 28 June when it published its Higher Education White Paper for England. The proposals have been almost universally denounced by educationalists on the grounds that they threaten to increase workloads for those working in universities, increase the cost of going to University, make universities even more a preserve of the rich [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=413&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IWW Education Workers sign up to syndicalist statement</title>
		<link>https://educationworkers.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/iww-education-workers-sign-up-to-syndicalist-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the recent international meeting for syndicalist unions based in the education sector, organised by CNT-F and held in Paris on 11-12 June 2011, the IWW delegation were able to sign up to the following statements: &#8212; Nous syndicats réunis à paris le 11-12 juin 2011, lors des rencontres internationales oragnisées par la  CNT-FTE France, tenons à apporter notre [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=educationworkers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14596883&amp;post=408&amp;subd=educationworkers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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