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Manchester march against academies |
NUT, NASUWT and ATL members together with members of the public filled the streets of Manchester with the chant, ‘Academies, Academies, Academies, No, No, No’ on Thursday (6 December).
 Hundreds of people marched opposing the attempt by Manchester City council to impose Academies on the parents and children of Manchester and heard a variety of speakers from Steve Sinnott (NUT General Secretary) to Alistair Smith (Anti-Academy Alliance).
Speaker after speaker talked of the horror stories of the lack of any democratic control over Academies to the threat to children’s education (being taught the basics and nothing else) to staff’s terms and conditions being attacked.
The march and rally are just the beginnings of the organized opposition to this attempt to privatise schools in Manchester. Many now want to set up a public meeting in Manchester to bring together this opposition and ask why is a Labour government and Labour Council backing businessmen taking over our schools.
DEREK FRASER
(Vice President Rochdale NUT & Manchester Respect member) |
