Tag Archives: NEU

By NEU Cymru members NEU Cymru has called off strike action on March 15th/16th after a revised offer was received from the Welsh government. But many NEU Cymru members are unhappy with the new offer and the cancellation of industrial action yet again by the union leadership. This is the response of Socialist Party members of NEU Cymru: “The solid ...

The Welsh government have made new pay offers to NHS workers and school teachers. “Too little, too late” has been the overwhelming response from health and school workers. Welsh Ambulance Service workers and NEU members have voted decisively to reject the offer, and will all return to industrial action to force more money from the Welsh and UK governments. The ...

All out together on Budget Day! Tens of thousands of workers across Wales have struck today in the latest wave of strikes to coincide with the TUC protest the right to strike. NEU teachers, PCS members in the civil service, ASLEF train drivers and UCU university workers all came out today in a huge show of power by working people ...

By Rob Williams, Socialist Party trade union organiser 2023 is beginning as 2022 ended, with significant nationwide strike action, this time of railway workers in RMT and Aslef. Postal workers continue their fight against Royal Mail bosses and are gearing up for a mandatory reballot after six months of strikes. NHS workers, nurses and ambulance workers have more strike dates set for this ...

By Dave Reid Over 200 attended a strike solidarity rally called by Cardiff Trades Union Council on August 20th. Called at short notice in the middle of the holiday period, the rally was an impressive show of the developing strength and confidence of organised workers taking action or preparing for action. As well as Brendan Kelly, regional organiser for the ...

By Socialist Party members in education https://spined.co.uk NEU Executive announces emergency decision to call on members to exercise ‘Section 44’ Our schools and colleges are not safe. Full classrooms provide an environment where the new variant will quickly spread. No member of staff and no pupil should have to work in such dangerous conditions.That’s why, to protect their safety, and ...

By Dave Warren, Swansea Trades Council and PCS (personal capacity) As we enter the month of October, 15 of the 21 Welsh counties with over 2.3 million people are subject to local COVID restrictions. Already, as of 30 September there have been 24,383 recorded cases and 1,622 deaths even according to the sanitised official figures and this is while the ...

By a Caerphilly National Education Union (NEU) rep When we returned to work in Caerphilly, despite the headteacher’s best efforts, lack of routine testing was causing huge anxiety among staff. Students weren’t in yet – but we knew that, within a few days of reopening, there would be 33 different students in front of us every hour. We were advised ...

By Ross Saunders Campaigners in Wales are urging the Welsh Government to reconsider its reckless plan to re-open to all children on the 29th June.   Campaign group Parents for Safety First has called an online public meeting for 6pm on Wednesday 24th June (Zoom ID:854 4340 1884). The group gained 4000 supporters on its Facebook group in its first week and organised car-convoy ...

No return to school until its safe