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Chair of @CubaSolidarity . Previously Joint GS of National Education Union, Int’l spokesperson for TUC General Council.

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Kevin Courtney

9 days

This is a very important meeting in for all trades unionists. Any rise of the far right will not only be damaging to every person from an ethnic minority but also to women, disabled, lgbt people and also to trade unionists. Be there if you can Thursday 26th September

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Kevin Courtney

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I’m in tears at this. A Holocaust survivor, the daughter of a holocaust survivor, the granddaughter of a holocaust survivor stand together against the genocide in Gaza. Let love not hate dominate. #CeasefireNow

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

and the winner is…

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Truss must go. But who should elect the next prime minister? ⛔️ Not the 18 members of the 1922 committee, ⛔️ Certainly not the 180 thousand members of the Tory Party, 🆘 It must be all of us. The 46.5 million voters in the UK It’s called democracy. General election now.

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Our letter to Michael Fabricant, completing the circle of complaints from RCN, NAHT and ASCL. “Teachers were in bubbles not drinking them” Fabricant should withdraw his allegations and apologise immediately.

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Dear Grant Shapps, We would like a minimum level of service in the NHS, on non strike days. But you aren’t providing one. Can we sue you? Asking for a nation. Kevin

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2 years

Dear Dominic Raab @DominicRaab I see you say schools should be open tomorrow, so children can learn. Good. A couple of questions: 1. Can they have the air con from your office? 2. Have you ever tried to get children to learn in a classroom at over 30C? 1/2

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Kevin Courtney

2 months

Huge peaceful crowd in Walthamstow. Protecting the community against the threat of far right thuggery.

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Huge, peaceful, crowd here says “No Hate in Walthamstow”

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Part of my interview with Kay Burley this morning. She asked me about an attack line being promulgated by Gillian Keegan’s advisors, I assume with her knowledge. I think I countered it quite well, which is easy because we have truth on our side. What do you think?

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Kevin Courtney

9 months

Becoming very irritated by reporting that “faulty software” was the root of the problem in the post office scandal. Software often has faults. But the root of the problem was senior managers in the Post Office & Fujitsu who lied and lied; and who had no care for the postmasters

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Apology not accepted. I’m with some teachers at a school in Chichester this morning. They say “we are the union”.

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2 years

1/3 - Further to reports in the Telegraph and other outlets, I wish to clarify that these messages were about some Unions and not teachers.

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

BBC Breakfast interviewed Prof Calum Semple, a virologist and member of Sage, who when asked if he could say why early years settings were remaining open when schools were not, said ‘No, I can't’, and said the decision to do so may be ‘political’ as it was not ‘a scientific one’.

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Kevin Courtney

6 years

Compared with last year England’s schools have 137,000 MORE pupils but: 😱5,400 FEWER teachers 😱2,800 FEWER teaching assistants 😱1,400 FEWER support staff 😱1,200 FEWER auxiliary staff Children have one chance to go to school - and the Govt is letting them down.🤯 Please RT

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

Fourth member of SAGE breaks ranks Professor Calum Semple says, “Essentially we’re lifting the lid on a boiling pan and it’s just going to bubble over,”. “We need to get it down to simmer before we take the lid off, and it’s too early.” 1/3

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

I’ve just agreed to be on Good Morning Britain tomorrow morning at around 8:15 am - with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. I’m told one of the ex-education secretaries will also be on with me.

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Dear journalist, I am not a union boss; not the “boss” of any member of the NEU. I am an elected representative of NEU members. Why do you call union leaders “bosses”? Why do you call company chief execs “leaders”? Why union “barons”? Why “captains” of industry? Kevin

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

Big news: The British Medical Association writes to the NEU. The BMA notes the “publication of your 5 tests, and we stand in full support of you”. Thank you @TheBMA

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Wow! Just watch this. Thousands and thousands of NEU members standing up for what is right. Be proud. We are standing up for our children and we can win.

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2 years

Strikes and demonstrations in GB: Teachers, junior doctors und Tube workers walk out and fight for higher wages. Streiks und Demonstrationen in GB: Lehrer, Assistenzärzte und U-Bahn Fahrer legen die Arbeit nieder und kämpfen um höhere Löhne.

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

1 Michael Gove 2 Nicky Morgan 3 Justine Greening 4 Damian Hinds 5 Gavin Williamson 6 Nadhim Zahawi 7 Michelle Donelan 12 years - 7 SoS. What a revolving door Not a teacher amongst ‘em. AND: Schools funded worse than in 2015. Big problems in teacher retention. etc etc

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Why are teachers feeling hard up? Why can’t schools recruit the teachers they need? These numbers explain a lot. Please watch and RT

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

What those WhatsApp messages confirm (a 🧵): December 2020 - a new variant was tearing through the pandemic, especially through school children. Vaccination had only just got started.

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

NEU zoom this morning. Figures in: - 100k watched the whole meeting. - 400k watched at least part of it. Is this the biggest meeting in UK political history?

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

“The Government has already lost the battle on strikes, all it can do now is concede gracefully” - with a quote from me for National Education Union.

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The Government has already lost the battle on strikes, all it can do now is concede gracefully

If Rishi Sunak wants any chance of winning the next election, now is the time to negotiate for peace

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

From a friend Warwick Uni have less than 50 PGCE students enrolled for 23/24. My cohort in 16/17 was about 300-350. Those numbers are for the entire cohort by the way, primary secondary and early years. #SaveOurSchools

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

A constant Government line on nurses’ pay, and on teachers’ pay is: “We have followed the recommendations of the independent pay review boards” Sounds good. But are those boards independent? Consider these 3 points…

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

All London primaries now online (except key worker/vulnerable) until 18th Jan earliest. Astounding last minute decisions from the DfE But they need another – for all primaries nationwide. Sage say so. The Imperial College paper today says so. #ProtectCommunities #MakeSchoolsSafe

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Quick video message: When we met Gillian Keegan before Easter, she told us we shouldn’t ask for a pay rise because inflation was falling. Today we see in the papers that she and Rishi Sunak say we shouldn’t ask for a pay rise because inflation is increasing! #SaveOurSchools

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

Andy Burnham, Metropolitan mayor of Manchester says it’s too early to lift lockdown. Because, he says contact tracing is not yet working and because the R is too high. He is right.

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Kevin Courtney

6 years

Conservative @JamesCleverly is asking us to take down the school cuts website! We aren't going to do that, but we have asked if he wants to meet to discuss the damaging effects school cuts are having. 91% of schools face cuts between 2015 & 2020. Pls RT

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Find out how Government cuts will affect your child’s school #SchoolCuts :: School Cuts

Find out about Government funding cuts to your school. #schoolcuts

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Two schools in Barnet received notifications of OFSTED inspections tomorrow! Seriously? @amanda_spielman @JamesCleverly You want to add more stress into tomorrow? DfE and OFSTED out of touch and not taking school concerns seriously.

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

You can’t see your friends. You must go to work. You can’t use public transport. You must go to work. Your boss will keep you safe, ignore the unions. You must go to work. Got it?

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Kevin Courtney

3 years

When a team of doctors, scientists and engineers at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the University of Cambridge placed an air filtration machine in COVID-19 wards, they found that it removed almost all traces of airborne SARS-CoV-2.

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Air filter significantly reduces presence of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in

While the discovery could have implications for improving the safety of repurposed ‘surge wards’, the researchers say it also opens up the possibility of being able to set standards for cleaner air

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Kevin Courtney

6 years

I support head teachers marching today because Govt smoke & mirrors on school funding can’t hide these facts: Last year there were ✔️66,000 more pupils But ❌5,400 fewer teachers ❌2,800 fewer TAs ❌1,400 fewer support staff ❌1,200 fewer auxiliary staff RT #StillNotListening

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Kevin Courtney

6 years

This is disgraceful child abuse. 34% of 11 yr olds have been sent letters saying they have not reached an “expected standard”. Politicians - Made up this standard. - Ignored academics. - Failed to fund schools or prepare teachers. - Then blamed children. They should resign

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1 year

EXCLUSIVE: Sting backs teachers' strike and brands Tories 'a disgrace' over pay dispute The 71-year-old was a primary school teacher before he found stardom, and he says educating children is too important to skimp on.

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Sting backs teachers' strike and brands Tories 'a disgrace' over pay dispute

The 71-year-old was a primary school teacher before he found stardom, and he says educating children is too important to skimp on

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Please play this tweet from Esther McVey with your sound on.

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Esther McVey

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Looking out from my window in Westminster… Striking teachers…

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Remember how the Govt told us Review Bodies were “independent” and they accepted their recommendations in full? Here you can see Sunak, Barclay & Shapps saying so & Gillian Keegan nodding on the front bench. Now they plan to ignore 6.5% Not on! #SaveOurSchools #DoYourJobGill

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

We are balloting more than 300,000 teachers and support staff in more than 23,000 nurseries, schools and colleges. We are demanding FULLY FUNDED pay rises which AT LEAST match inflation.

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

We cannot afford to not give a pay rise 📉 47,496 nursing vacancies 🏥 7.2 million people waiting for treatment ❤️‍🩹 363,000 people out of work due to long-term illness Share this if you agree🔁 #PayUp #RCNStrike

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

I’m looking forward to meeting Gillian Keegan as new Secretary of State for Education. What should be priority for that meeting? Choose one of the options or like for ALL THREE. RT for a bigger sample. Add more thoughts in replies.

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Today is my last day in NEU head office & I am full of emotion. I have really enjoyed 40 years as an activist & a union officer: helping those who work in our schools and colleges and the children they teach. Being part of a movement to shift the balance towards working people

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Kevin Courtney

3 years

Just talking with a parent; her son is in year 11 and had 6 lessons today. 5 were taken by supply staff. The level of disruption in education and for exam classes must not be ignored.

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Kevin Courtney

3 years

Please RT if you think the Govt in England should at least follow the Scottish Govt’s rules on Covid in school: on mask wearing and on isolation of very close contacts until a negative PCR.

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

just met two science teachers, delegates to our annual conference. The biologist told me her department, at quite a nice grammar school, has just advertised for a biology A-level teacher. No candidates with a degree in biology came forward.

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

The Daily Mail says we are standing in education workers way. NEU had 7.5k new members in last 3 days; 2.4k reps on a call yesterday & 100k response to a survey in 2 days. Our members want to get back to wider opening. When it’s safe. Our #FiveTests are responsible & sensible.

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Don’t be a hypocrite Rishi. You said you’d honour Review Bodies even if they were more than you wanted. Now you plan to give teachers even less. It’s not on Rishi. #PayUpRishi #SaveOurSchools

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

“If only teachers grew on trees, like education secretaries.”

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

What’s behind the success of the vaccination program? “Capitalism and greed” Or ✅ A well organised public service like the NHS ✅ Thousands of citizen volunteers ✅ Salaried scientists working for the public good

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Superb. So many thanks to @LoyleCarner @glastonbury for his support for striking teachers; including his mum and his girlfriend! #SaveOurSchools #DoYourJobGill

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

The NEU stood up for community. We should all be proud I’m incredibly proud of the union’s actions over those days, and my role in them. We should all be proud of the stand we collectively took. #proudtobeNEU

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

The Queen has two birthdays - the real one in April, an official one in June. A good idea. So I’m starting a campaign for an ‘Offical Christmas’ bank extra holiday and family get together in June. All vaccinated, a real party. Who’s with me?

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Kevin Courtney

11 months

Gavin Williamson and Boris Johnson were more concerned with opposing the NEU than they were with public and school safety. We continually pointed to the science, sought to understand it, proposed the best actions on that basis. They played games.

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BREAKING 🚨| The Conservative government IGNORED Covid safety warnings in schools because ministers 'didn't want to give an inch to unions'. Released WhatsApp messages at the Covid Inquiry have revealed: Gavin Williamson and Boris Johnson REJECTED calls for masks in schools

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) called for the Government to move all schools to home learning for a “brief and determined period for most children”, adding that the new strain had created “intolerable risk” to schools,

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Kevin Courtney

3 months

Absolutely stonking victory for Jeremy Corbyn. Remember the Labour party had all the data Corbyn’s campaign had developed over years.

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Teacher vacancies are growing. Teacher retention is getting even worse. Teacher recruitment is the same Where is Gillian Keegan? Where is the STRB report? #TellGill #PublishSTRB #StartTalks

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Keegan rejects union demands to reopen pay talks

Education secretary responds to union letter that had called on the DfE to resume teacher pay negotiations and publish the leaked STRB report

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

This is what we think needs to happen in Early Years. 1. Early years open for Key Worker and Vulnerable children only: to get cases down. 2. No financial loss for Early Years settings: we will need them coming out of lockdown 3. Furlough for parents who have to stay home.

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

This is why the speculation on opening schools should now cease.

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Kevin Courtney

2 months

So many have stayed so long. Thousands of people to ensure the far right doesn’t terrorise our friends and neighbours. Walthamstow defeated the Far right tonight, just like Walthamstow stopped the EDL in 2012 Walthamstow 2: Tommy Ten Names 0

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

A rumour on Twitter that the schools announcment is tomorrow. We have asked Gavin Willimson directly and he told us its not true and said we were free to tweet that this was the case

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

What the Prime Minister said about pay review bodies only last December… What a hypocrite. #PayUpRishi

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Looks like we are going to have a defend a fundamental right - the right to strike. Kwasi Kwarteng says he will stop strikes derailing our country - because he is unashamedly “pro business”.

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Solidarity 5 a side.

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Wow! 40,000 teacher left teaching last year! That’s a huge 9% of all teachers. And 90% of those were pre-retirement. This is astonishing, a crisis. What is Gillian Keegan doing about it? #DoYourJobGill

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Kevin Courtney

4 months

Huge crowd supporting Faiza Shaheen in Redbridge tonight. #StandWithFaiza

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

In one school the head was insisting that all staff travel every day in order to teach online lessons from empty classrooms. This is clearly in breach of government guidance that you should work from home if you can. 1/3

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Kevin Courtney

2 months

Crawley tonight… A tiny group of far right thugs threatened to attack a hotel housing refugees. Hundreds of anti-fascists mobilised to block them. This is how we stop the thugs. #StandUptoRacism

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

Gavin Williamson was useless. A liability. A danger to the community. He should be prosecuted for making Greenwich keep its schools open the week before Christmas when the virus was growing so rapidly there.

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Kevin Courtney

7 years

Wow! MP launches shocking attack on headteacher for daring to speak about poverty & hunger some of her pupils face. Pls RT & support this brave head. #SpeakUpForOurPupils .

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Morecambe MP stirs row after doubting poverty claims by local schools

Conservative MP David Morris questions stories of rickets and hungry children, saying claims are from schools ‘with links to leftwing group Momentum’

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

NAHT results: 64% turnout 90% reject the offer 78% willing to take industrial action Solidarity to @NAHTnews from all of us at @NEUnion This campaign isn’t going away. Govt must listen. They must invest in this generation, and those who teach them.

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

The NEU is calling two days of strike on Wed 5 July and Fri 7 July. A big reason we are striking this term is that we suspect Gillian Keegan intends not even to implement the 6.5% leaked from the STRB report. 1/3

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Kevin Courtney

3 years

The behaviour of @AbbotsHill school governors is like P&O. They’ve sacked their staff will only re-hire them without the Teacher Pension Scheme. Lots of teachers leaving the school. We are taking more strike action and asking parents for support. #NoFireRehire #AbbotsHillStrike

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

I asked an AI bot why teachers in England should NOT get a pay rise. It’s answer is brilliant….

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

Peter Capaldi supporting the Junior Doctors. #PayUp

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

I’m proud of every NEU member who came to our meeting this Sunday, of our reps, of everyone who took a stand for safety. Now we have to fight together for education. Demand our 10 point plan

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Kevin Courtney

2 months

Part of the Jewish bloc on the Palestine demo today.

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

This horrible story is completely untrue. Teachers & support staff are hard at work - making sure key workers children are looked after, supporting learning at home and efforts to support vulnerable children. They want to get back to school as soon as it is safe to do so. 1/4

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

What’s the truth about the 9% pay rise for teachers story? The story this week is a confection designed by Govt to confuse the public. Here is the truth. Thread…

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Kevin Courtney

3 months

Canvassing with Jeremy and so many residents stop to tell him that they’re voting for him. And he speaks to all of them. Vote Jeremy Corbyn

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

shocking. but not shocked. all that blather about “get schools open because disadvantaged kids fall behind” but no effort to deal with the disadvantage.

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No.10 rejects calls for school free school meal vouchers (given in Easter hols) to be extended to the summer holidays. “The voucher scheme will NOT run over the summer.”

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

Just hearing: Swale Academy Trust has moved all its schools to online, key worker and vulnerable only in schools across Kent and East Sussex.

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

Professor Stephen Reicher of SAGE says we are in a real emergency. We have more cases than in March & the new variant is more transmissible - but measures are weaker. He says the definition of critical worker re schools is far too wide. #ProtectCommunities #MakeSchoolsSafe

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

And Mr Raab, where should the schools put the children, given your failure to invest in ventilation? Asking for a profession,

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

Just hearing of some secondary schools that, under public health advice, have had to send home the whole of year 11. This is why the NEU argued for smaller bubble sizes - and smaller class sizes. The Government should have listened.

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

Wow! Can the PM really ignore these figures? The cases amongst secondary pupils are FIFTY times what they were on Sept 1st! And these children live in families and in communities.

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Kevin Courtney

5 years

I decided to come and see what the @Womens_Place_UK meeting was all about tonight. The protestors outside are banging on the windows so loud that you can’t hear yourself think inside. That can’t be the right way to deal with the issue #WPUKLab19

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

A part of my speech to the huge, huge CWU postal worker strike rally yesterday. All solidarity to the @CWUnews from @NEUnion All solidarity to postal workers from teachers and support staff. #ThompsonOut

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Kevin Courtney

2 years

The NEU has 22,000 new members since last Monday.

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Kevin Courtney

3 years

RT if you agree! Westminster Govt must AT LEAST match Scot school measures ✅ Isolation of very close contacts ✅ Masks ✅ Improvements in vaccination ✅ Investment in ventilation ✅ PM to advocate for LFT tests

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Kevin Courtney

1 year

"Stop your strikes, so we can talk" said Gillian Keegan in Feb & March Bear in mind that: despite our dispute being about last Sept's pay rise (of 5% when inflation was 12%)... she didn't meet with us in person until 9 Jan when our strike ballot was nearly completed. 1/5

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

This day, keep in your mind the families & colleagues of: Wendy Jacobs, primary head Emma Clark, brilliant science teacher Indro Sen, highly regarded maths teacher Carole Flynn, learning mentor, heart & soul of her school Kate Fox, much loved literacy teacher RIP #StayHome

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Kevin Courtney

4 years

Just hearing: The Association of Kent Headteachers is pressing Kent County Council to move to all Primaries closed - as in London- rather than some in/others out ...

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Kevin Courtney

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Urgent press release National Education Union calls for schools and colleges to be closed during 4 week national lockdown

Urgent Press Release: National Education Union calls for schools and colleges to be closed during 4 week national lockdown Amid the speculation around a 4 week lockdown to be announced by the Prime...

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Unanimous vote and standing ovation at NAHT conference for the motion calling for a ballot for strike action. #Unity #SaveOurSchools

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Our mass zoom meeting on Sun 3 Jan 2021 - 40k in the meeting, 400k watching, was possibly the biggest political meeting in UK history. Our advice to use Section 44 to refuse to attend work made the difference. Hardly any schools opened; Johnson was forced to make the choice.

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Ive asked year 6 teachers about this year SATs Here is one reply My ‘best’ reader, who has achieved greater depth in every past paper this half term, didn’t get to the last 2 questions yesterday and was in tears.

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Kevin Courtney

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Covid cases amongst children at their highest during the pandemic. Is Gavin on Holiday?

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Kevin Courtney

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Tell the truth The Govt tells us there are 5.5% more teachers than in 2010 (24,000 more) But they ignore the 13.4% more school pupils aged than in 2010 (930,000 more!) So class sizes are up: Primary the highest in Europe. Secondary the highest since records began. #SaveOurSchools

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I’m on my way to Parliament to talk to MPs and Peers about why we have profound concerns about the Oak National Academy. Oak is a supposedly independent “arms length” body. However…

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Kevin Courtney

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Please read this - and RT If I were the Govt I would be very worried about this email that one of our members has sent: “Dear Chancellor, Having served in the Royal Marines for 28 years, I have always voted for your party believing you to have the nation’s interests at heart.

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The stakes are high around Gary Lineker. If employers get the idea they can police your tweets outside work, not for obscenity or hate, but for political viewpoint, what then?

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