No strike on pay: where now for the NUT?
In the ballot for strike action on pay by the National Union of Teachers, which closed on 3 November, 51.7% voted yes, on a turnout of 29.7%. The NUT Executive on 5 November decided to call no action. After the well-supported strike on 24 April, Workers' Liberty teachers argued for a strategy of ongoing discontinuous action, to build on members' mobilisation and bridge the gap until another all-out strike this term. This was rejected by the "left" majority on the NUT Executive, with the result of seven months of... nothing. In this situation, the initiative was quickly lost and members allowed...