Teaching unions have urged ministers to make face masks mandatory for children in secondary schools when they finally return in September. Ministers currently have no plans to make pupils or staff in the UK wear masks when they go back to school after the summer holidays. The Government has conceded that face masks in the classroom … Read more
Unions slam British Gas-owner’s ‘fire and rehire’plan: 20,000 staff told to accept new working conditions or risk losing their jobs By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 16 July 2020 Centrica could demand 20,000 staff accept new working conditions or risk losing their jobs. The … Read more
Gavin Williamson yesterday warned councils, parents and teaching unions not to block the return to school. The Education Secretary insisted youngsters must have full-time education in England from September. He signalled a clampdown on councils and schools that refuse to welcome all year groups back, with parents facing fines for children’s non-attendance. The hardline stance … Read more
City analysts say union leaders ‘delusional’ if they believe British Airways does not need to make deep cuts to survive By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 27 June 2020 Union leaders are ‘delusional’ if they believe British Airways does not need to make deep … Read more
Teaching unions were today accused by MPs of running a ‘disgraceful political campaign’ to keep classrooms closed by making parents fear they are ‘deathtraps’ when children can now go to Primark but not to school. Rowing broke out as the heads of the four main teaching unions appeared before the Education Select Committee to discuss … Read more
British Airways is heading for a vicious showdown with unions after relations appeared to spiral out of control over the airline’s plan for drastic job cuts. In a flurry of incendiary briefings last night, the two parties seemed further apart than ever over proposals to lay off up to 12,000 of its 43,000 staff – more … Read more
Dwyane Wade says his family wound up under surveillance amid his talks between his wife Gabrielle Union and NBC after she publicly said she experienced harassment, racism and retribution during her stint on the network’s America’s Got Talent. ‘My house started being watched and my family started being followed,’ the 13-time NBA All-Star said in … Read more
When I read in the Mail this week of the main teaching union’s disgraceful tactics to thwart the reopening of classrooms, my heart sank. And I dare say I was not alone. As the father of three state-educated children – one of them aged seven – I find it difficult to forgive Mary Bousted, the … Read more
Militant unions warn headteachers they could face legal action if staff catch coronavirus as they launch latest bid to block the reopening of classrooms on June 1 A letter has been sent by unions to headteachers, warning them of legal action The missive also said unions will be advising members of their legal rights The … Read more
Doctors U-turn on support for teaching unions and say schools SHOULD reopen if they are safe – but doubts remain over June 1 date as scientists say track and trace must be in place first Chair of BMA’s Public Health Medicine Committee said there is ‘growing evidence that the risk to individual children from Covid-19 … Read more