Film length: 13:44 As teachers in more and more republican states in the USA take unofficial strike action to defend education, West Virginia teachers explain how they started the movement, and how they organised strikes for the first time in 25 years on a rank and file basis, involving members across unions and non-union members. Packed meeting at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago on April 6.
Living Wage/Basic Rights
Goodlord letting agency workers strike against £6,000 pay cut
Running Time: 6mins 50secs Workers at Goodlord lettings reference agency off Brick Lane, East London, are in their seventh week of an all-out indefinite strike to cut their wages by SIX THOUSAND POUNDS to £18,000 […]
Education
6th form colleges: on strike for survival
Running Time: 2min 19 sec Four thousand teachers at 77 sixth form colleges are on strike – not just for a pay rise in line with inflation, but for the survival of the entire sector. […]
Education
Striking teachers give free maths lesson outside Parliament
Film length: 6:31 David Cameron is telling everyone that by cutting 22% of sixth form funding since 2010, he’s actually “protecting” it and providing “better funding”. So striking teachers from City & Islington hold free […]