Tributes to Steve Sinnott
A personal view from Derek McMillan
There are tributes to Steve Sinnott on Facebook and you can add your own.
Jesus wept. He was just my age. We didn't always see eye to eye, I voted for his opponent Martin Powell-Davies. But what people always said about Steve was that he had a phenomenal memory for people and staff at HQ used to tell stories of him meeting someone several years after a brief conversation and remembering the name, what the conversation was about, family details.
Christine Blower takes over at a difficult time but also an exhilarating time and her first statement said we will continue the causes that Steve put his heart and mind behind.
He wanted to unite the union more than anything else and he got that. Indeed thousands of people who are not even union members are supporting the strike. It is up to us what we do with that unity now it has been achieved.
There are tributes to Steve Sinnott on Facebook and you can add your own.
Jesus wept. He was just my age. We didn't always see eye to eye, I voted for his opponent Martin Powell-Davies. But what people always said about Steve was that he had a phenomenal memory for people and staff at HQ used to tell stories of him meeting someone several years after a brief conversation and remembering the name, what the conversation was about, family details.
Christine Blower takes over at a difficult time but also an exhilarating time and her first statement said we will continue the causes that Steve put his heart and mind behind.
He wanted to unite the union more than anything else and he got that. Indeed thousands of people who are not even union members are supporting the strike. It is up to us what we do with that unity now it has been achieved.
posted by classroom teacher at
07:36
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Attitudes toward the strike in my school are mixed. The head has made it clear he thinkers anyone who strikes is letting down the profession. Even the rep voted against. Can anyone offer '5 good reasons to strike' that I can share at our Union meeting on Thursday lunchtime.
Well one could say five reasons: the price of petrol, gas, electricity, mortgage repayments and student loans. The NUT website and the classroom teacher flier have rather more. I would also say that we cannot be sure that taking strike action will achieve what we want but we can be sure that *not* taking strike action will achieve nothing. And if we do not strike bullying head teachers will assume we will put up with anything and act accordingly.
The meeting went really well. I think almost all 50 of us will be out. Hard to see how the Head can keep the place open.
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