WSTA endorse Kevin Courtney
The hustings meeting for WSTA held on 26th November overwhelmingly supported the nomination of Kevin Courtney for the role of Deputy General Secretary.
Kevin made it clear that he thought the union needed to be actively campaigning on the issues of workload and the proposed attack on teachers' pensions by all the main political parties.
He will aim to increase the number of NUT reps in schools to provide the backbone for that campaigning work.
Kevin made it clear that he thought the union needed to be actively campaigning on the issues of workload and the proposed attack on teachers' pensions by all the main political parties.
He will aim to increase the number of NUT reps in schools to provide the backbone for that campaigning work.
posted by classroom teacher at
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3 Comments:
The ambiguity of Martin Reed.
Martin Reed made a rather telling point at the meeting. His father was a miner and always used to say "don't go into a fight you can't win". This is the kind of argument the right wing always use when the union is faced with an attack like the one over pensions and actuially we have no choice but to fight. What Martin Reed's quote probably means is "if you don't go into a fight you can't win". You can certainly lose by not fighting the erosion of the public sector.
My mother always said that if you fight you might win- but if you don't fight you will lose!
My mother always said that if you fight you might win- but if you don't fight you will lose!
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