James Meadows describes the impact of harsh new employment conditions on teachers at Harlow College. A massive reduction in wages for many, the introduction of a new unqualified ‘tutor’ role, the imposition of an effective 56-hour working week and reduction of holidays from 45 to 30 days a year led to the teachers taking strike action, whilst Harlow student’s learning experience has rapidly declined.

About 200,000 teachers turned out for the strike called this week by the NUT. The World Socialist Web Site reports on the reaction.

Liz Smith and Linda Slattery call on NUT members to do what their leadership has refused to do – oppose the collaboration with the government by other teachers’ unions and campaign for joint action by all teacher.

Members of the National Union of Teachers are set to take part in the first national teachers strike in 21 years in response to the government’s failure to keep pay-rises in-line with the rate of infl