Comrades, the 49-minute video was recorded by Henry Fowler, the NEU’s far-Left national campaign manager‘The union bosses are holding children to ransom,’ he said. The union then surveyed staff at other schools across the borough to see if they would support a strike. ‘Even though we didn’t have to carry the threat out, of the members who responded to the survey 92 per cent said yes to strike action,’ Ms Premkumar said. Teachers also last month blocked plans for daily Covid tests for pupils and school staff in Coventry who have come into contact with someone who has tested positive, according to Mr Denson. A Coventry Council spokesman said: ‘We absolutely refute that any individual groups have control of schools in Coventry.

Source: The Nation February 14, 2021 03:56 UTC