Woodfield school strikers early morning picket in Autumn sunshine today
Woodfield Special school strikers, victims of the imposition of fire and rehire by their academy bosses, showed they were not finished in their battle today by voting unanimously for a change of strategy.
They will strike for the last time for now on October 1st, the last strike day notified to the management, and take up a legal challenge supported by the National Education Union. This will be based on a claim that the academy management broke the collective bargaining agreement, not in imposing fire and rehire itself, but the way they did it individually rather than through collective bargaining. Each worker will be submitting an ACAS Early Conciliation form.
Lucy Cox, Brent NEU Secretary, said that in this way they could return to work proud and united. She congratulated the strikers on their persistence and solidarity and told them that their struggle provided an example to others that meant that no other school had dared impose fire and rehire - a strategy that will soon be illegal.
Meanwhile I understand that the HMRC is showing a keen interest in the school's finances.
No comments:
Post a Comment