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WHY has it taken a Tory MP, Brendan Clarke-Smith to point out that the primary function of a union, in this case the National Education Union, is to defend its members? He was referring to the incident at Batley Grammar School where a teacher was suspended, then the school's headmaster seems to have made a grovelling apology and protesters are demanding his sacking of the teacher who it seems has offended their delicate sensibilities.
It should not be a problem to condemn it and say it is wrong. I would assume there is some political sensitivity and perhaps [the NEU] is reluctant to stick its neck out. Given that its primary function is to defend teachers, you would have thought it would be prepared to say that 'threats are unacceptable.'
The Daily Telegraph reports that the MP, a former religious studies teacher, also said "political sensitivity" should not stop the NEU from speaking out to defend one of its own members, adding: I think you should immediately condemn threats and intimidation and violence, wherever you are across the political divide.
The Evening Standard reports the Archbishop of Canterbury as saying; In other words, exercise your freedom of speech, but don’t prevent other people exercising their freedom of speech. How nice it would be to hear that from all our MPs.
Teachers must be wondering why they have bothered to pay their union subscriptions all these years.
I do not ask for the right to offend anyone, I do assert my right to ignore the claims of anyone who says they are offended.
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Les May asks: 'Teachers must be wondering why they have bothered to pay their union subscriptions all these years'. Indeed he might well ask! Camilla Cavendish writes in today's FT: 'The school has not simple apologised, but also promised to review the religious studies curriculum "to ensure no other resource or statement is inappropriate". She adds: "It is one thing to listen to genuinely aggrieved parents. It is another to rush into pledging censorship.'
Jimmy Hoofer Teamsters Union stated out as a good working class fighter BUT was led astray by gangsters money power
And Unite god it’s totally lost the current Gen Sec McCluskey wants a millionaire Solicitor to take over Unite
We have not always agreed but on this I do agree
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