Academy Shunned
Published: 11 January, 2013
• STAFF, parents and carers at The Bridge school celebrated an amazing victory when the board of governors met on December 18 to give children, staff, carers and parents the best gift possible – complete rejection of the Gove-style academy proposals.
Governors were not aware of the fact that trade unions had conducted a ballot of members and had totally rejected the proposals as this had been kept secret from them.
Governors were not aware of the fact that trade unions had conducted a ballot of members and had totally rejected the proposals as this had been kept secret from them.
The three trade unions at the school, Unison, NUT and GMB, worked together in a really well-co-ordinated and concerted manner to oppose the proposals.
The Bridge is a special needs school and our steward at the school, Jenny Densham, deserves much of the credit for the success in rejecting the proposals.
This is what happens when the major trade unions work together. We say: ‘Well done to all our members who fought this proposal.’
The Bridge is a special needs school and our steward at the school, Jenny Densham, deserves much of the credit for the success in rejecting the proposals.
This is what happens when the major trade unions work together. We say: ‘Well done to all our members who fought this proposal.’
Mike Calvert
and Jane Doolan
Islington UNISON
and Jane Doolan
Islington UNISON
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