By Jeremy Dewar
The National Education Union is coordinating strikes across 10 schools in four London boroughs. Teachers are on the picket lines on 27 February and 5, 11, 12 and 13 March, while some will take off days in between as well.
Strikers from all the schools will rally together outside the Department for Education on the first strike day.
The crisis facing schools has seamlessly transitioned from the Tory to the Labour government. At its heart is a funding crisis, which means that ‘76% of primary schools and 94% of secondary schools will face cuts next year’ according to the NEU’s Stop School Cuts campaign.
There is room for the coordination to grow, as school strikes are mushrooming across boroughs, academy chains and nationally.
We need all school unions to synchronise their strikes. Elected strike committees should coordinate the action from below and demand escalation up to and including all-out indefinite action.
