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A SUPPLY teacher cried for help from her union yesterday after finding herself “cornered” by exploitative agencies, headteachers desperate for staff and a difficult job market.
Beverly Lennon, a fluent Welsh-speaking black teacher for more than 20 years, turned to supply work when discrimination and harassment left her unable to teach full-time.
In a moving speech she told her fellow trade unionists on the last day of this year’s Nasuwt conference how supply teachers urgently need to organise themselves and fight declining pay and withering conditions.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people