Why collective action is key
ABOUT 6.5 per cent of British children are educated privately, and those pupils need teachers. But without the automatic protection of the National Agreement on Pay and Conditions of Service — the “Burgundy Book” — those teachers can be especially vulnerable. When private schools are restructured, jobs can be lost and terms and conditions of employment subject to detriment. While there is a live debate on the left about even the existence of these businesses, the argument is not with the teachers and education support staff who work for them. The NASUWT organises across the inde...
Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
