Workers win at "free school"
Teachers at a London “free school” have won a hugely important victory in a dispute with their employers. “STEM 6” Academy in Islington, a school for 16-19 year olds, was refusing to recognise unions and imposing what were effectively zero hours contracts on staff. Teachers at the school asked to be balloted by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) after their employers said there would be “legal consequences” if they failed to sign a new contract before Christmas. Included the contract was a paragraph which stated: “The school reserves the right to temporarily lay you off from work without...