The teachers' strike shows the Tories’ Thatcher tribute act against trade unions has backfired | PaulWaugh
Kevin Courtney and Mary Bousted, joint general secretaries of the National Education Union , leave the Department for Education in Westminster on 9 January industrial action by the National Education Union had been expected, but that doesn’t make it any less important.
For working parents, the disruption will be as severe than rail strikes, effectively forcing them to take time off work. The NEU’s success proved the need for a modernised approach to disputes, not least as its own digital platform allowed it to track the ballot in real time. Crucially, because of the postal strike before Christmas, the NEU reissued 48,000 ballot forms to people who said their ballot hadn’t arrived. It also had 20,000 phone calls with members and 70,000 conversations on its dashboard to boost turnout.
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